---
type: "Bill"
title: "Department of Consumer Affairs: license: application: processing timeframes."
description: "Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of various professions and vocations by boards within the Department of Consumer Affairs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20192020"
identifier: "SB 878"
citation: "California SB 878 (20192020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Department of Consumer Affairs: license: application: processing timeframes."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jones"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 28
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2020-01-22"
last_action: "2020-09-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/911f6cd4-9757-43b3-95d4-e5eed171329d"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB878"
source_hash: "aeac9669af426efaabf14a226e9767f6387d55a73e7c4a4c301ecc38a939ccf5"
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 878 (20192020) — Department of Consumer Affairs: license: application: processing timeframes.

Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of various professions and vocations by boards within the Department of Consumer Affairs.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/22/20 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB878&version=20190SB87899INT)
2. **06/18/20 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB878&version=20190SB87898AMD)
3. **09/24/20 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB878&version=20190SB87896CHP)
4. **SB878** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB878)
5. **09/04/20 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB878&version=20190SB87897ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **19–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **18–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 878 Jones Consent Calendar Second Day — **75–0** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent SB878 — **39–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jones — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-22** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2020-01-23** From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 22.
- **2020-01-29** Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-11** Set for hearing March 23.
- **2020-03-18** March 23 hearing postponed by committee.
- **2020-05-14** Set for hearing May 18.
- **2020-05-18** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 3549.) (May 18). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2020-05-26** Set for hearing June 1.
- **2020-06-02** Hearing rescheduled due to Capitol closure.
- **2020-06-03** Set for hearing June 9.
- **2020-06-09** June 9 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2020-06-11** Set for hearing June 18.
- **2020-06-18** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3766.) (June 18). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2020-06-18** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2020-06-22** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2020-06-23** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2020-06-24** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 3817.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2020-06-24** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2020-06-29** Referred to Com. on B. & P. `referral-committee`
- **2020-07-27** July 27 hearing postponed by committee.
- **2020-08-11** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 19. Noes 0.) (August 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2020-08-18** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (August 18). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2020-08-19** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2020-08-30** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 5282.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2020-08-30** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2020-09-10** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2020-09-24** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2020-09-24** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 131, Statutes of 2020.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/911f6cd4-9757-43b3-95d4-e5eed171329d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).