--- type: "Bill" title: "Business and professions." 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: "20212022" identifier: "SB 826" citation: "California SB 826 (20212022)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Business and professions."] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Business, Professions and Economic Development"] version_count: 8 action_count: 29 vote_count: 6 first_action: "2021-03-23" last_action: "2021-09-16" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/be222efa-86fc-4740-8c66-74e783f1242c" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB826" source_hash: "670c260c0da06af6d6ae5c9006353e7c7a48e75465d0b8b600ffd4fcd75e7db0" 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 826 (20212022) — Business and professions. 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. **03/23/21 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB826&version=20210SB82699INT) 2. **04/13/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB826&version=20210SB82698AMD) 3. **05/04/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB826&version=20210SB82697AMD) 4. **07/12/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB826&version=20210SB82696AMD) 5. **08/16/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB826&version=20210SB82695AMD) 6. **09/16/21 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB826&version=20210SB82693CHP) 7. **SB826** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB826) 8. **09/03/21 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB826&version=20210SB82694ENR) ## Votes - Unfinished Business SB826 B.P.&E.D. (Roth) Concurrence — **39–0** (pass) · upper - Consent Calendar SB826 B.P.&E.D. — **40–0** (pass) · upper - SB 826 B., P. & E.D. Consent Calendar Second Day — **73–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **16–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Governance and Finance] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **13–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **19–0** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - Committee on Business, Professions and Economic Development — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2021-03-23** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1` - **2021-03-23** Article IV Section 8(a) of the Constitution and Joint Rule 55 dispensed with February 22, 2021, suspending the 30 calendar day requirement. - **2021-03-24** From printer. - **2021-04-07** Referred to Coms. on B., P. & E.D. and GOV. & F. `referral-committee` - **2021-04-09** Set for hearing April 19. - **2021-04-13** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee` - **2021-04-19** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on GOV. & F. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0. Page 841.) (April 19). Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee` - **2021-04-26** Withdrawn from committee. - **2021-04-26** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee` - **2021-04-30** Set for hearing May 10. - **2021-05-04** May 10 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author. - **2021-05-04** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee` - **2021-05-07** Set for hearing May 17. - **2021-05-17** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2` - **2021-05-18** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2021-05-24** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 1235.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2021-05-24** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1` - **2021-05-28** Referred to Com. on B. & P. `referral-committee` - **2021-07-12** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B. & P. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee` - **2021-07-14** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 19. Noes 0.) (July 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee` - **2021-08-16** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee` - **2021-08-19** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (August 19). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2021-08-23** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2021-08-26** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 2524.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2021-08-26** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending. - **2021-09-01** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2277.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2021-09-09** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1 p.m. - **2021-09-16** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2021-09-16** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 188, Statutes of 2021. `became-law` ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/be222efa-86fc-4740-8c66-74e783f1242c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).