republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20132014/sb-484.md

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Bill	Tax preparers.	(1) Existing law requires a tax preparer to maintain a bond in favor of, and payable to, the people of the State of California for each individual preparing tax returns for another person. Existing law requires a tax preparer to register with the California Tax Education Council (council) and makes failure to register a violation of the provisions governing tax preparers. Existing law requires the council to issue a "certificate of completion" when a tax preparer demonstrates completion of not less than 60 hours of specified educational requirements.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20132014	SB 484	California SB 484 (20132014)	bill	Tax preparers.	enacted	Wyland	7	24	6	2013-02-21	2013-10-08	openstates	ocd-bill/3a928da5-cd03-4549-afda-17bb2179d2c7	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB484	10e138300e9cad91b15f32b16a6144038350c185463df98f801be33cb8563f73	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 484 (20132014) — Tax preparers.

(1) Existing law requires a tax preparer to maintain a bond in favor of, and payable to, the people of the State of California for each individual preparing tax returns for another person. Existing law requires a tax preparer to register with the California Tax Education Council (council) and makes failure to register a violation of the provisions governing tax preparers. Existing law requires the council to issue a "certificate of completion" when a tax preparer demonstrates completion of not less than 60 hours of specified educational requirements.

Version chain

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

1. 02/21/13 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/02/13 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/22/13 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 05/06/13 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 10/08/13 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. SB484 (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/04/13 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass. — 13–4 (pass) · lower
• SB 484 Wyland Senate Third Reading By LINDER — 59–14 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — 10–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — 10–0 (pass) · upper
• Special Consent #6 — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — 10–2 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Wyland — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2013-02-21 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. reading-1, introduction
• 2013-02-22 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 24.
• 2013-03-11 Referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
• 2013-04-02 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2013-04-03 Re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. referral-committee
• 2013-04-05 Set for hearing April 29.
• 2013-04-22 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2013-05-02 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0. Page 734.) (April 29). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2013-05-06 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2013-05-10 Set for hearing May 20.
• 2013-05-20 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage
• 2013-05-21 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2013-05-22 Ordered to special consent calendar.
• 2013-05-28 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1117.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2013-05-29 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2013-06-14 Referred to Com. on B.,P. & C.P. referral-committee
• 2013-07-02 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 2.) (July 2). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2013-08-14 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 4.) (August 14). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2013-08-15 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2013-09-03 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 59. Noes 14. Page 2833.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2013-09-03 In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
• 2013-09-06 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11 a.m.
• 2013-10-08 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2013-10-08 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 660, Statutes of 2013.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3a928da5-cd03-4549-afda-17bb2179d2c7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).