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Bill	Professional engineers and land surveyors: licensing.	Existing law, the Professional Engineers Act, provides for the licensing and regulation of the practice of civil engineering, electrical engineering, and mechanical engineering, and the Professional Land Surveyors Act provides for licensing and regulation of land surveying by the Board of Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors. A violation of these acts is a crime.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20092010	AB 645	California AB 645 (20092010)	bill	Professional engineers and land surveyors: licensing.	enacted	Niello	5	22	6	2009-02-25	2009-10-11	openstates	ocd-bill/51cc0ee3-9fbb-4052-804f-252c759d3dbd	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB645	15537311e0c518e42a1db828fe7e171dd1b9c1ac75a0c003033333c6c05fa4b1	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 645 (20092010) — Professional engineers and land surveyors: licensing.

Existing law, the Professional Engineers Act, provides for the licensing and regulation of the practice of civil engineering, electrical engineering, and mechanical engineering, and the Professional Land Surveyors Act provides for licensing and regulation of land surveying by the Board of Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors. A violation of these acts is a crime.

Version chain

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

1. 02/25/09 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 06/11/09 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 10/11/09 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
4. AB645 (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/20/09 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — pass (pass) · lower
• AB 645 NIELLO Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — pass (pass) · lower
• AB 645 NIELLO Concurrence in Senate Amendments — pass (pass) · lower
• Special Consent #12 AB645 Niello — pass (pass) · upper
• Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Niello — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2009-02-25 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2009-02-26 From printer. May be heard in committee March 28.
• 2009-03-23 Referred to Com. on B. & P. referral-committee
• 2009-04-15 From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 14). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2009-04-30 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (April 29). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2009-05-04 Read second time. To Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2009-05-11 Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 1365.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2009-05-11 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2009-05-21 Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. referral-committee
• 2009-06-11 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-1
• 2009-06-22 From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 22). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 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 1666.) 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 77. Noes 0. Page 2599.) 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 368, Statutes of 2009.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/51cc0ee3-9fbb-4052-804f-252c759d3dbd. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).