Accountants: practice privileges: out-of-state individuals.
Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of the practice of accountancy by the California Board of Accountancy within the Department of Consumer Affairs. Existing law authorizes the board to make a determination based on specified factors about whether allowing individuals from a particular state to practice pursuant to a practice privilege violates the board's duty to protect the public and requires the board, if it were to make such a determination, to require those individuals, except as specified, to file the notification form and pay specified fees as a condition to exercising a practice privilege in this state.
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AB 2560
California AB 2560 (20152016)
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Accountants: practice privileges: out-of-state individuals.
California AB 2560 (20152016) — Accountants: practice privileges: out-of-state individuals.
Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of the practice of accountancy by the California Board of Accountancy within the Department of Consumer Affairs. Existing law authorizes the board to make a determination based on specified factors about whether allowing individuals from a particular state to practice pursuant to a practice privilege violates the board's duty to protect the public and requires the board, if it were to make such a determination, to require those individuals, except as specified, to file the notification form and pay specified fees as a condition to exercising a practice privilege in this state.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 16–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 20–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Obernolte — 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
2016-03-18 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on B. & P. Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
2016-03-28 Re-referred to Com. on B. & P. referral-committee
2016-04-19 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2016-05-04 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 20. Noes 0.) (May 4). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2016-05-05 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2016-05-12 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 4788.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
2016-05-12 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2016-05-19 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 8. 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
2016-08-18 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 5105.). 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.
2016-09-12 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2016-09-12 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 302, Statutes of 2016.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b3423b34-acad-4bcc-b1d4-605b0a27b3d3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).