Existing law defines, licenses, and regulates structural pest control operators and creates the Structural Pest Control Board in the Department of Consumers Affairs to administer these provisions. Existing law defines a registered company to be specified types of business organizations registered with the board to engage in the practice of structural pest control, and defines a "qualifying manager" as the licensed operator or operators designated by a registered company to supervise the daily business of the company and to be available to supervise and assist the company's employees. Existing law prescribes 3 different classifications of structural pest control licenses, which are termed branches, based on the types of pest control work permitted. Existing law makes a violation of provisions regulating structural pest control operators a misdemeanor.
California AB 1874 (20152016) — Structural pest control.
Existing law defines, licenses, and regulates structural pest control operators and creates the Structural Pest Control Board in the Department of Consumers Affairs to administer these provisions. Existing law defines a registered company to be specified types of business organizations registered with the board to engage in the practice of structural pest control, and defines a "qualifying manager" as the licensed operator or operators designated by a registered company to supervise the daily business of the company and to be available to supervise and assist the company's employees. Existing law prescribes 3 different classifications of structural pest control licenses, which are termed branches, based on the types of pest control work permitted. Existing law makes a violation of provisions regulating structural pest control operators a misdemeanor.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
AB 1874 WOOD Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 77–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 16–0 (pass) · lower
AB 1874 WOOD Consent Calendar Second Day — 76–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 16–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 9–0 (pass) · upper
Consent Calendar 2nd — 37–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Wood — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2016-02-10 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2016-02-11 From printer. May be heard in committee March 12.
2016-02-25 Referred to Com. on B. & P. referral-committee
2016-04-05 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 5). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2016-04-20 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 20). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2016-04-21 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2016-04-28 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 4594.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
2016-04-28 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2016-05-05 Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. referral-committee
2016-06-14 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
2016-06-21 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 20). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2016-08-01 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. committee-passage
2016-08-02 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2016-08-11 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4872.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
2016-08-11 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 14 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
2016-08-15 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 5810.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2016-08-18 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
2016-08-25 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2016-08-25 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 181, Statutes of 2016.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b19c4ba8-ff39-4d55-a431-62c14b053a5a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).