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Bill	Private investigators: Disciplinary Review Committee: licensure.	The Private Investigator Act provides for the licensure and regulation of private investigators by the Bureau of Security and Investigative Services within the Department of Consumer Affairs and requires the Director of Consumer Affairs to administer and enforce the act. The act authorizes the director to deny, suspend, or revoke a license if the director determines, among other things, that any provision of the act was violated by the licensee. The act also authorizes the director to impose a civil penalty of no greater than $500 instead of suspending or revoking a license issued under the act for the violation of specified provisions if the director determines that the imposition of the civil penalty better serves the purposes of the act. The act requires an application for a license to be verified and include certain information, including, but not limited to, the full name and business address of the applicant.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20152016	AB 921	California AB 921 (20152016)	bill	Private investigators: Disciplinary Review Committee: licensure.	enacted	Jones	11	32	7	2015-02-26	2015-10-08	openstates	ocd-bill/eeb42f41-5e4d-457c-9be4-988e58acb489	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB921	b2dfcaf23ce57bcf3f283a96c4c5db3d45188897b250c8645e410fc9e7fb3e79	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 921 (20152016) — Private investigators: Disciplinary Review Committee: licensure.

The Private Investigator Act provides for the licensure and regulation of private investigators by the Bureau of Security and Investigative Services within the Department of Consumer Affairs and requires the Director of Consumer Affairs to administer and enforce the act. The act authorizes the director to deny, suspend, or revoke a license if the director determines, among other things, that any provision of the act was violated by the licensee. The act also authorizes the director to impose a civil penalty of no greater than $500 instead of suspending or revoking a license issued under the act for the violation of specified provisions if the director determines that the imposition of the civil penalty better serves the purposes of the act. The act requires an application for a license to be verified and include certain information, including, but not limited to, the full name and business address of the applicant.

Version chain

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

1. 02/26/15 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/20/15 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/27/15 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/24/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 07/14/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 08/20/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 08/27/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/04/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
9. 10/08/15 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
10. AB921 (committee substitute) — source
11. 09/14/15 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 17–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 14–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 921 JONES Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 80–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 9–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 921 JONES Consent Calendar Second Day — 78–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB921 Jones By Nielsen — 40–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Jones — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2015-02-26 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2015-02-27 From printer. May be heard in committee March 29.
• 2015-03-16 Referred to Com. on B. & P. referral-committee
• 2015-04-16 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 14). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2015-04-20 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-04-21 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2015-04-27 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2015-04-28 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2015-05-06 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 6). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-05-07 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-05-14 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 1449.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-05-14 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2015-05-28 Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. referral-committee
• 2015-06-23 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 22). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2015-06-24 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2015-07-02 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2015-07-13 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 13). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2015-07-14 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-08-20 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2015-08-24 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-08-26 Ordered to special consent calendar.
• 2015-08-27 Ordered to third reading.
• 2015-08-27 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2015-08-31 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-09-04 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2015-09-08 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-09-09 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2620.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-09-09 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
• 2015-09-10 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 3079.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2015-09-18 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2015-10-08 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2015-10-08 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 635, Statutes of 2015.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/eeb42f41-5e4d-457c-9be4-988e58acb489. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).