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Bill	Regulatory boards: expert consultants.	Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of various professions and vocations by boards within the Department of Consumer Affairs. Existing law, the Chiropractic Act, enacted by initiative, provides for the licensure and regulation of chiropractors by the State Board of Chiropractic Examiners. Existing law, the Osteopathic Act, requires the Osteopathic Medical Board of California to regulate osteopathic physicians and surgeons. Existing law generally requires applicants for a license to pass an examination and authorizes boards to take disciplinary action against licensees for violations of law. Existing law establishes standards relating to personal service contracts in state employment.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20112012	SB 541	California SB 541 (20112012)	bill	Regulatory boards: expert consultants.	enacted	Price	6	26	6	2011-02-17	2011-09-26	openstates	ocd-bill/2b899759-8cfe-4aee-80f7-05c29bfcd418	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB541	49c92400e0d8ff768350aa2164de3a032d07750b72aaab858025e58b6fbd4d57	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 541 (20112012) — Regulatory boards: expert consultants.

Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of various professions and vocations by boards within the Department of Consumer Affairs. Existing law, the Chiropractic Act, enacted by initiative, provides for the licensure and regulation of chiropractors by the State Board of Chiropractic Examiners. Existing law, the Osteopathic Act, requires the Osteopathic Medical Board of California to regulate osteopathic physicians and surgeons. Existing law generally requires applicants for a license to pass an examination and authorizes boards to take disciplinary action against licensees for violations of law. Existing law establishes standards relating to personal service contracts in state employment.

Version chain

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

1. 02/17/11 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/13/11 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 06/21/11 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 09/26/11 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
5. SB541 (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/08/11 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — 17–0 (pass) · lower
• Special Consent #3 — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — 9–0 (pass) · lower
• SB 541 Price Consent Calendar Second Day — 78–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — 8–0 (pass) · upper
• Special Consent #9 — 40–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Price — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2011-02-17 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2011-02-18 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 20.
• 2011-03-03 Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. referral-committee
• 2011-04-04 Set for hearing April 25.
• 2011-04-11 Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2011-04-12 Set for hearing May 2.
• 2011-04-13 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
• 2011-05-03 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0. Page 848.) (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. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1065.) 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
• 2011-06-21 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 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2011-08-18 From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 17). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2011-08-22 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 2596.) 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 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.
• 2011-09-26 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2011-09-26 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 339, Statutes of 2011.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2b899759-8cfe-4aee-80f7-05c29bfcd418. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).