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Bill	Accountancy.	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 from engaging in the practice of public accountancy in this state unless he or she holds either a valid permit issued by the board or a practice privilege, as specified. A violation of this provision is a crime. Existing law requires the board to amend a specified regulation to extend from December 31, 2007, to December 31, 2010, a safe harbor pertaining to practicing accountancy without a practice privilege for up to 5 days prior to submitting a notification form to the board, as specified.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20112012	SB 306	California SB 306 (20112012)	bill	Accountancy.	enacted	De León	8	28	6	2011-02-14	2011-10-03	openstates	ocd-bill/48d9c156-6e20-4f15-af5c-5b6fa49f35d8	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB306	f8d5599842f1a332c78be4776ae58abdbaae2d6d0bcf1c0b112eef9392f9ffb6	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 306 (20112012) — Accountancy.

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 from engaging in the practice of public accountancy in this state unless he or she holds either a valid permit issued by the board or a practice privilege, as specified. A violation of this provision is a crime. Existing law requires the board to amend a specified regulation to extend from December 31, 2007, to December 31, 2010, a safe harbor pertaining to practicing accountancy without a practice privilege for up to 5 days prior to submitting a notification form to the board, as specified.

Version chain

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

1. 02/14/11 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/25/11 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 06/27/11 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 07/07/11 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/22/11 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
6. 10/03/11 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
7. SB306 (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/08/11 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — 9–0 (pass) · upper
• Special Consent #9 SB306 De León — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended, to Consent Calendar. — 17–0 (pass) · lower
• Special Consent #3 SB306 De León — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• SB 306 De León Consent Calendar Second Day — 78–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — 8–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• De León — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2011-02-14 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2011-02-15 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 17.
• 2011-02-24 Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. referral-committee
• 2011-04-25 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2011-04-26 Set for hearing May 2.
• 2011-05-03 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 847.) (May 2). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2011-05-06 Set for hearing May 16.
• 2011-05-17 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage
• 2011-05-18 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2011-05-18 Ordered to special consent calendar.
• 2011-05-23 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1064.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2011-05-23 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2011-06-02 Referred to Com. on B., P. & C.P. referral-committee
• 2011-06-27 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B., P. & C.P. reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2011-06-28 Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2011-07-06 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (July 5). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2011-07-07 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2011-08-18 From committee: Do pass as amended. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 17). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2011-08-22 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2011-08-23 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2011-08-25 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2598.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2011-08-25 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2011-08-31 Ordered to special consent calendar.
• 2011-09-06 Urgency clause adopted.
• 2011-09-06 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2318.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2011-09-12 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
• 2011-10-03 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2011-10-03 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 445, Statutes of 2011.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/48d9c156-6e20-4f15-af5c-5b6fa49f35d8. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).