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Bill	Professions and vocations: military spouses: expedited licensure.	Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of various professions and vocations by boards within the Department of Consumer Affairs. Existing law provides for the issuance of reciprocal licenses in certain fields where the applicant, among other requirements, has a license to practice within that field in another jurisdiction, as specified. Existing law authorizes a licensee to reinstate an expired license without examination or penalty if, among other requirements, the license expired while the licensee was on active duty as a member of the California National Guard or the United States Armed Forces.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20112012	AB 1904	California AB 1904 (20112012)	bill	Professions and vocations: military spouses: expedited licensure.	enacted	Block	5	22	6	2012-02-22	2012-09-20	openstates	ocd-bill/678736c7-ba00-46a8-8099-9b5c52c1c352	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1904	606003f0987ef10ffa76c644f24c9453f2f8efc082f68999756eb654eb9ef538	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 1904 (20112012) — Professions and vocations: military spouses: expedited licensure.

Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of various professions and vocations by boards within the Department of Consumer Affairs. Existing law provides for the issuance of reciprocal licenses in certain fields where the applicant, among other requirements, has a license to practice within that field in another jurisdiction, as specified. Existing law authorizes a licensee to reinstate an expired license without examination or penalty if, among other requirements, the license expired while the licensee was on active duty as a member of the California National Guard or the United States Armed Forces.

Version chain

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

1. 02/22/12 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 06/12/12 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 09/20/12 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
4. AB1904 (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/31/12 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass. — 17–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 1904 BLOCK Assembly Third Reading — 76–0 (pass) · lower
• Special Consent #16 — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — 9–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — 8–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 1904 BLOCK Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 80–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Block — primary (person)
• Butler — author (person)
• Cook — author (person)

Timeline

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

• 2012-02-22 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2012-02-23 From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
• 2012-03-08 Referred to Com. on B., P. & C.P. referral-committee
• 2012-03-27 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (March 27). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2012-04-18 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2012-05-25 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 25). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2012-05-25 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2012-05-29 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 5051.) reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2012-05-29 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2012-06-07 Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. referral-committee
• 2012-06-12 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. reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2012-07-03 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (July 2). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2012-08-06 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage
• 2012-08-07 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2012-08-15 Ordered to special consent calendar.
• 2012-08-23 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4782.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2012-08-24 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 28 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2012-08-27 Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 6357.)
• 2012-08-27 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 6367.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2012-09-06 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 5:45 p.m.
• 2012-09-20 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2012-09-20 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 399, Statutes of 2012.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/678736c7-ba00-46a8-8099-9b5c52c1c352. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).