---
type: "Bill"
title: "Accountancy: practice privileges."
description: "Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of the practice of accountancy by the California Board of Accountancy within the Department of Consumer Affairs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "SB 795"
citation: "California SB 795 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Accountancy: practice privileges."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Galgiani"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 27
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2017-02-17"
last_action: "2018-09-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/65fdb5c6-3488-4a3f-ad58-e17d933a6c09"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB795"
source_hash: "77dc5ca22e0415abb4f3279e0fba73fb28afe2ce4b1cfa4515309bfdd3e5a0d1"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California SB 795 (20172018) — Accountancy: practice privileges.

Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of the practice of accountancy by the California Board of Accountancy within the Department of Consumer Affairs.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **02/17/17 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB795&version=20170SB79599INT)
2. **01/10/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB795&version=20170SB79598AMD)
3. **06/20/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB795&version=20170SB79597AMD)
4. **07/03/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB795&version=20170SB79596AMD)
5. **09/17/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB795&version=20170SB79594CHP)
6. **SB795** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB795)
7. **08/23/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB795&version=20170SB79595ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **19–0** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Business SB795 Galgiani Concurrence — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 795 Galgiani Consent Calendar Second Day — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading — **38–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Galgiani — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-02-17** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-21** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 23.
- **2017-03-09** Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-28** Set for hearing April 17.
- **2017-04-03** April 17 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2017-04-04** Set for hearing April 24.
- **2017-04-18** April 24 set for second hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2017-12-21** Set for hearing January 8.
- **2018-01-09** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 3098.) (January 8). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2018-01-10** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1`
- **2018-01-12** Set for hearing January 16.
- **2018-01-16** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2018-01-17** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-01-22** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 4069.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-01-23** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2018-04-19** Referred to Com. on B. & P. `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-20** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B. & P. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2018-07-02** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 19. Noes 0.) (June 26). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2018-07-03** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1`
- **2018-08-08** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 8). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-08-09** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-08-16** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 6309.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-08-16** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2018-08-21** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 5463.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2018-08-28** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2018-09-17** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-09-17** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 447, Statutes of 2018.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/65fdb5c6-3488-4a3f-ad58-e17d933a6c09`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).