Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of accountants by the California Board of Accountancy in the Department of Consumer Affairs. Existing law requires an applicant for an accountancy license to complete a minimum of 24 semester units in accounting subjects and a minimum of 24 semester units in business-related subjects, or as calculated in quarter units. Existing law, on and after January 1, 2014, requires an applicant for an accountancy license to complete an additional 10 units in ethics study and 20 units in accounting study, and establishes an advisory committee to recommend to the board ethics study guidelines, to be adopted by the board by regulation.
Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of accountants by the California Board of Accountancy in the Department of Consumer Affairs. Existing law requires an applicant for an accountancy license to complete a minimum of 24 semester units in accounting subjects and a minimum of 24 semester units in business-related subjects, or as calculated in quarter units. Existing law, on and after January 1, 2014, requires an applicant for an accountancy license to complete an additional 10 units in ethics study and 20 units in accounting study, and establishes an advisory committee to recommend to the board ethics study guidelines, to be adopted by the board by regulation.
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2011-02-18 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2011-02-20 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 22.
2011-03-10 Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. referral-committee
2011-03-24 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
2011-03-25 Set for hearing April 11.
2011-04-06 Hearing postponed by committee.
2011-04-07 Set for hearing April 25.
2011-04-14 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 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 737.) (April 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2011-04-29 Set for hearing May 9.
2011-05-10 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage
2011-05-11 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2011-05-19 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1036.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, reading-1, passage
2011-05-19 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2011-05-27 Referred to Com. on B., P. & C.P. referral-committee
2011-06-20 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.
2011-06-28 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
2011-07-06 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 5). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2011-08-15 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee
2011-08-18 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 17). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2011-08-22 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2011-08-25 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 66. Noes 10. Page 2587.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, reading-1, passage
2011-08-25 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2011-08-29 Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10. referral-committee
2011-08-29 From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10. (Ayes 4. Noes 0. Page 2079.) Re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. referral-committee, committee-passage
2011-08-30 Set for hearing August 30.
2011-08-31 From committee: That the Assembly amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 8. Noes 0. Page 2215.) committee-passage
2011-09-01 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2237.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2011-09-09 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 9:45 a.m.
2011-09-26 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2011-09-26 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 344, Statutes of 2011.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9796c67b-e667-41d4-8936-72455fba42dd. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).