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Bill Licensees: reporting requirements. Existing law establishes, within the Department of Consumer Affairs, the Board for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors. Existing law prohibits, in order to safeguard life, health, property, and public welfare, any person from practicing civil, electrical, or mechanical engineering, or land surveying unless appropriately licensed or specifically exempted from licensure, as specified. Existing law requires a licensee to report to the board in writing the occurrence of any of the specified events within 90 days of the date the licensee has knowledge of the event, including, but not limited to, any civil action judgment, settlement, arbitration award, or administrative action resulting in a judgment, settlement, or arbitration award against the licensee in any action alleging fraud, deceit, misrepresentation, breach or violation of contract, negligence, incompetence, or recklessness by the licensee in the practice of professional engineering or land surveying if the amount or value of the judgment, settlement, or arbitration award is $50,000 or greater. us/states/ca California Legislature 20132014 SB 679 California SB 679 (20132014)
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California SB 679 (20132014) — Licensees: reporting requirements.

Existing law establishes, within the Department of Consumer Affairs, the Board for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors. Existing law prohibits, in order to safeguard life, health, property, and public welfare, any person from practicing civil, electrical, or mechanical engineering, or land surveying unless appropriately licensed or specifically exempted from licensure, as specified. Existing law requires a licensee to report to the board in writing the occurrence of any of the specified events within 90 days of the date the licensee has knowledge of the event, including, but not limited to, any civil action judgment, settlement, arbitration award, or administrative action resulting in a judgment, settlement, or arbitration award against the licensee in any action alleging fraud, deceit, misrepresentation, breach or violation of contract, negligence, incompetence, or recklessness by the licensee in the practice of professional engineering or land surveying if the amount or value of the judgment, settlement, or arbitration award is $50,000 or greater.

Version chain

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

  1. 02/22/13 - Introduced (filed) — source
  2. 04/08/13 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
  3. 06/12/13 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
  4. 10/01/13 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
  5. SB679 (committee substitute) — source
  6. 09/03/13 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — 170 (pass) · lower
  • SB 679 Berryhill, T. Consent Calendar Second Day — 780 (pass) · lower
  • Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — 100 (pass) · upper
  • Special Consent #3 — 320 (pass) · upper
  • Special Consent #9 — 380 (pass) · upper
  • Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Judiciary. — 110 (pass) · lower
  • Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — 100 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Berryhill — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2013-02-22 Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction
  • 2013-02-24 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 26.
  • 2013-02-25 Read first time. reading-1
  • 2013-03-11 Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. referral-committee
  • 2013-03-28 Set for hearing April 15.
  • 2013-04-08 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
  • 2013-04-16 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0. Page 564.) (April 15). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
  • 2013-04-19 Set for hearing April 29.
  • 2013-04-29 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage
  • 2013-04-30 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
  • 2013-05-01 Ordered to special consent calendar.
  • 2013-05-06 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 32. Noes 0. Page 810.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, reading-1, passage
  • 2013-05-06 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
  • 2013-05-20 Referred to Coms. on B.,P. & C.P. and JUD. referral-committee
  • 2013-06-11 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 11). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
  • 2013-06-12 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
  • 2013-07-02 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (July 2). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
  • 2013-08-14 From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 14). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
  • 2013-08-15 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
  • 2013-08-22 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2673.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, reading-1, passage
  • 2013-08-22 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
  • 2013-08-28 Ordered to special consent calendar.
  • 2013-08-30 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2042.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
  • 2013-09-05 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
  • 2013-10-01 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
  • 2013-10-01 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 471, Statutes of 2013.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c53f0049-3368-4bfe-8bfe-e2679bbafb6f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).