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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Accountancy."
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20112012"
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identifier: "SB 306"
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citation: "California SB 306 (20112012)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Accountancy."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["De León"]
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version_count: 8
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action_count: 28
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2011-02-14"
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last_action: "2011-10-03"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/48d9c156-6e20-4f15-af5c-5b6fa49f35d8"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB306"
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source_hash: "f8d5599842f1a332c78be4776ae58abdbaae2d6d0bcf1c0b112eef9392f9ffb6"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
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---
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# California SB 306 (20112012) — Accountancy.
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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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **02/14/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB306&version=20110SB30699INT)
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2. **04/25/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB306&version=20110SB30698AMD)
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3. **06/27/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB306&version=20110SB30697AMD)
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4. **07/07/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB306&version=20110SB30696AMD)
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5. **08/22/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB306&version=20110SB30695AMD)
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6. **10/03/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB306&version=20110SB30693CHP)
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7. **SB306** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB306)
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8. **09/08/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB306&version=20110SB30694ENR)
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## Votes
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- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **9–0** (pass) · upper
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- Special Consent #9 SB306 De León — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass as amended, to Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
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- Special Consent #3 SB306 De León — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- SB 306 De León Consent Calendar Second Day — **78–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **8–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- De León — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2011-02-14** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2011-02-15** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 17.
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- **2011-02-24** Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `referral-committee`
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- **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`
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- **2011-04-26** Set for hearing May 2.
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- **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`
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- **2011-05-06** Set for hearing May 16.
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- **2011-05-17** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
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- **2011-05-18** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2011-05-18** Ordered to special consent calendar.
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- **2011-05-23** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1064.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
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- **2011-05-23** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
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- **2011-06-02** Referred to Com. on B., P. & C.P. `referral-committee`
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- **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`
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- **2011-06-28** Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
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- **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`
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- **2011-07-07** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
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- **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`
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- **2011-08-22** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
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- **2011-08-23** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **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`
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- **2011-08-25** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
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- **2011-08-31** Ordered to special consent calendar.
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- **2011-09-06** Urgency clause adopted.
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- **2011-09-06** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2318.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
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- **2011-09-12** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
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- **2011-10-03** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2011-10-03** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 445, Statutes of 2011.
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/48d9c156-6e20-4f15-af5c-5b6fa49f35d8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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