republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20132014/ab-865.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Yacht and Ship Brokers Act: licensing."
description: "Existing law requires the Division of Boating and Waterways to publish or cause to be published on or before July 1 of each year a directory of licensed brokers and salespersons and to charge and collect the fees prescribed by the Yacht and Ship Brokers Act in accordance with a specified schedule. Existing law authorizes the division to make rules and regulations to carry out the provisions of the act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 865"
citation: "California AB 865 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Yacht and Ship Brokers Act: licensing."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Eggman"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2013-02-21"
last_action: "2013-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6c68f367-c9ca-4c74-818c-727d935f721c"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB865"
source_hash: "708fd2d8936871d80f9b064ff630ca2990c9414ab0b46592891905fd9bb4e9bb"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California AB 865 (20132014) — Yacht and Ship Brokers Act: licensing.

Existing law requires the Division of Boating and Waterways to publish or cause to be published on or before July 1 of each year a directory of licensed brokers and salespersons and to charge and collect the fees prescribed by the Yacht and Ship Brokers Act in accordance with a specified schedule. Existing law authorizes the division to make rules and regulations to carry out the provisions of the act.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/21/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB865&version=20130AB86599INT)
2. **04/24/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB865&version=20130AB86598AMD)
3. **08/21/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB865&version=20130AB86597AMD)
4. **09/30/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB865&version=20130AB86595CHP)
5. **AB865** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB865)
6. **09/12/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB865&version=20130AB86596ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **10–4** (pass) · lower
- AB 865 EGGMAN Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **54–19** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB865 Eggman By Galgiani — **23–11** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **7–2** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **12–5** (pass) · lower
- AB 865 EGGMAN Assembly Third Reading — **51–17** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Eggman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-02-21** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2013-02-22** From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
- **2013-03-11** Referred to Com. on W.,P. & W. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-24** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on W.,P. & W. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-04-25** Re-referred to Com. on W.,P. & W. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-30** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 4.) (April 30). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-05-16** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (May 15). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-05-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-05-24** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 51. Noes 17. Page 1593.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-05-24** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2013-06-06** Referred to Com. on N.R. & W. `referral-committee`
- **2013-06-25** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 2.) (June 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-08-12** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2013-08-20** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 19). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2013-08-21** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-09-03** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 23. Noes 11. Page 2103.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-09-04** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 6 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2013-09-06** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 54. Noes 19. Page 2925.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2013-09-24** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2013-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2013-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 425, Statutes of 2013.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6c68f367-c9ca-4c74-818c-727d935f721c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).