republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20092010/ab-2783.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Professions and vocations: military personnel."
description: "Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of certain businesses, occupations, and professions by specified boards within the Department of Consumer Affairs created under the Business and Professions Code. Existing law requires these boards to adopt rules and regulations to provide for methods of evaluating education, training, and experience obtained in the armed services, if applicable to the requirements of the business, occupation, or profession regulated, and to specify how this education, training, and experience may be used to meet the licensure requirements for the particular business, occupation, or profession regulated. Existing law also requires these boards to consult with the Department of Veterans Affairs before adopting these rules and regulations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20092010"
identifier: "AB 2783"
citation: "California AB 2783 (20092010)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Professions and vocations: military personnel."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Veterans Affairs"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2010-03-08"
last_action: "2010-08-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/08086182-12a9-4f27-ae66-0004d64e5cd5"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2783"
source_hash: "d69f6bc02a5d6e4ef08819242db3d92e2c204b434535a0c72a1d43885a9bbd93"
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 AB 2783 (20092010) — Professions and vocations: military personnel.

Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of certain businesses, occupations, and professions by specified boards within the Department of Consumer Affairs created under the Business and Professions Code. Existing law requires these boards to adopt rules and regulations to provide for methods of evaluating education, training, and experience obtained in the armed services, if applicable to the requirements of the business, occupation, or profession regulated, and to specify how this education, training, and experience may be used to meet the licensure requirements for the particular business, occupation, or profession regulated. Existing law also requires these boards to consult with the Department of Veterans Affairs before adopting these rules and regulations.

## Version chain

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

1. **03/08/10 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2783&version=20090AB278399INT)
2. **08/27/10 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2783&version=20090AB278397CHP)
3. **AB2783** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2783)
4. **08/12/10 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2783&version=20090AB278398ENR)

## Votes

- Special Consent #30 AB2783 Committee on V. A. (Cook) — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 2783 V. A. Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Committee on Veterans Affairs — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2010-03-08** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2010-03-09** From printer. May be heard in committee April 8.
- **2010-03-25** Referred to Coms. on V.A. and B. & P. `referral-committee`
- **2010-04-14** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on B.,P. & C.P. Re-referred. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 13). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2010-04-21** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (April 20). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2010-04-29** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (April 28). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2010-05-03** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-05-06** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 5054.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2010-05-06** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2010-05-20** Referred to Com. on V.A. `referral-committee`
- **2010-06-23** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (June 22). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2010-08-02** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2010-08-03** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-08-04** Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
- **2010-08-09** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 4410.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2010-08-09** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2010-08-16** Enrolled and to the Governor at 4:55 p.m.
- **2010-08-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2010-08-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 214, Statutes of 2010.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/08086182-12a9-4f27-ae66-0004d64e5cd5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).