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Bill	Accountants.	Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of accountants by the California Board of Accountancy in the Department of Consumer Affairs. Existing law prohibits a person or firm from using any title or designation in connection with the designation "certified public accountant" or "public accountant" that is false or misleading. A violation of specified provisions related to the practice of accountancy is a crime.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20092010	AB 117	California AB 117 (20092010)	bill	Accountants.	enacted	Niello	7	26	6	2009-01-14	2009-10-11	openstates	ocd-bill/14417946-e589-4816-bdc9-170bf07d83a0	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB117	dfedff59a6e0558f677cc4f5f47a6ceb316c258c7a8f28b641dcc7bfdf4a8965	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 117 (20092010) — Accountants.

Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of accountants by the California Board of Accountancy in the Department of Consumer Affairs. Existing law prohibits a person or firm from using any title or designation in connection with the designation "certified public accountant" or "public accountant" that is false or misleading. A violation of specified provisions related to the practice of accountancy is a crime.

Version chain

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

1. 01/14/09 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/04/09 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 03/12/09 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/15/09 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 10/11/09 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. AB117 (committee substitute) — source
7. 08/20/09 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• AB 117 NIELLO Consent Calendar Second Day — pass (pass) · lower
• Special Consent #12 AB117 Niello — pass (pass) · upper
• Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — pass (pass) · lower
• AB 117 NIELLO Concurrence in Senate Amendments — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Niello — primary (person)
• Ma — author (person)

Timeline

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

• 2009-01-14 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2009-01-15 From printer. May be heard in committee February 14.
• 2009-02-26 Referred to Com. on B. & P. referral-committee
• 2009-03-04 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on B. & P. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2009-03-05 Re-referred to Com. on B. & P. referral-committee
• 2009-03-12 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on B. & P. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2009-03-16 Re-referred to Com. on B. & P. referral-committee
• 2009-03-17 From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (March 17). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2009-04-01 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (April 1). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2009-04-02 Read second time. To Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2009-04-16 Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 70. Noes 0. Page 938.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2009-04-16 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2009-04-30 Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. referral-committee
• 2009-06-11 From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 8). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
• 2009-06-15 Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1
• 2009-06-29 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage
• 2009-06-30 Read second time. To third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2009-07-02 Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
• 2009-07-09 Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 1665.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2009-07-09 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 11 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2009-08-17 Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 2598.) amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2009-08-24 Enrolled and to the Governor at 1:30 p.m.
• 2009-09-08 Returned by the Governor at the request of the Assembly.
• 2009-09-25 Enrolled and to the Governor at 5 p.m.
• 2009-10-11 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2009-10-11 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 409, Statutes of 2009.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/14417946-e589-4816-bdc9-170bf07d83a0. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).