---
type: "Bill"
title: "Professions and vocations."
description: "(1) Existing law establishes the Department of Consumer Affairs, specifies the various boards that comprise the department, and requires the boards to meet at least 3 times a year."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "SB 1480"
citation: "California SB 1480 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Professions and vocations."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hill"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 33
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2018-02-16"
last_action: "2018-09-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/53e6b574-fc05-40b9-8865-5c64a6206fb2"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1480"
source_hash: "a5d5a95aa760ae3fe5f02639cae7dadb92f13838249642b06df15a591acafebe"
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 1480 (20172018) — Professions and vocations.

(1) Existing law establishes the Department of Consumer Affairs, specifies the various boards that comprise the department, and requires the boards to meet at least 3 times a year.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/16/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1480&version=20170SB148099INT)
2. **04/17/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1480&version=20170SB148098AMD)
3. **05/10/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1480&version=20170SB148097AMD)
4. **06/12/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1480&version=20170SB148096AMD)
5. **06/21/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1480&version=20170SB148095AMD)
6. **08/06/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1480&version=20170SB148094AMD)
7. **08/20/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1480&version=20170SB148093AMD)
8. **08/24/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1480&version=20170SB148092AMD)
9. **09/19/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1480&version=20170SB148090CHP)
10. **SB1480** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1480)
11. **09/07/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1480&version=20170SB148091ENR)

## Votes

- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 1480 Hill Senate Third Reading By LOW — **61–15** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Business SB1480 Hill et al. Concurrence — **30–6** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading — **34–4** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **12–1** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass — **5–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hill — primary (person)
- Low — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-16** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-20** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 22.
- **2018-03-08** Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-20** Set for hearing April 23.
- **2018-04-17** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2018-04-24** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 4784.) (April 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2018-05-10** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2018-05-14** Set for hearing May 22.
- **2018-05-22** May 22 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2018-05-23** Set for hearing May 25.
- **2018-05-25** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 1. Page 4311.) (May 25). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-05-25** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-05-29** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 34. Noes 4. Page 4357.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-05-29** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2018-06-04** Referred to Com. on B. & P. `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-12** 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`
- **2018-06-20** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 1.) (June 19). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2018-06-21** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1`
- **2018-08-06** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2018-08-08** August 8 hearing postponed by committee.
- **2018-08-15** August 15 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2018-08-16** Joint Rule 62(a) suspended.
- **2018-08-16** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (August 16). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2018-08-20** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2`
- **2018-08-21** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-08-24** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2018-08-24** Ordered to third reading.
- **2018-08-30** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 61. Noes 15. Page 6977.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-08-30** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2018-08-31** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 30. Noes 6. Page 6135.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2018-09-12** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 5 p.m.
- **2018-09-19** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-09-19** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 571, Statutes of 2018.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/53e6b574-fc05-40b9-8865-5c64a6206fb2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).