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 any of specified types of business organizations registered with the board to engage in the practice of structural pest control and defines operators, field representatives, and applicators as specified classes of individuals licensed by the board to practice structural pest control. Existing law prescribes 3 different classifications of structural pest control licenses based on the types of pest control work permitted, which are termed branches. Existing law makes a violation of these provisions a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of not less than $100 and not more $1,000, or 6 months in jail, or both.
California AB 2529 (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 any of specified types of business organizations registered with the board to engage in the practice of structural pest control and defines operators, field representatives, and applicators as specified classes of individuals licensed by the board to practice structural pest control. Existing law prescribes 3 different classifications of structural pest control licenses based on the types of pest control work permitted, which are termed branches. Existing law makes a violation of these provisions a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of not less than $100 and not more $1,000, or 6 months in jail, or both.
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
AB 2529 LINDER Consent Calendar Second Day — 79–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 9–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Linder — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2016-02-19 Introduced. To print. introduction
2016-02-21 From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
2016-02-22 Read first time. reading-1
2016-03-08 Referred to Com. on B. & P. referral-committee
2016-04-13 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 5). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2016-04-14 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
2016-04-18 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
2016-04-27 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 19. Noes 0.) (April 27). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2016-04-28 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2016-05-05 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 4686.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
2016-05-05 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2016-05-12 Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. referral-committee
2016-06-21 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (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. committee-passage
2016-08-02 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2016-08-19 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 5156.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
2016-08-19 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
2016-08-25 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 5 p.m.
2016-09-14 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2016-09-14 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 359, Statutes of 2016.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/39aaa4fb-4dac-4370-bd5f-c7c55fc36264. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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