Professional engineers: geologists and geophysicists: land surveyors.
Existing law makes the Board for Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors, and Geologists responsible for the certification, licensure, and regulation of the practice of professional engineering, the practice of professional geologists and geophysicists, and the practice of professional land surveyors. Except for an applicant for a geophysicist license, existing law requires these applicants for a certificate or license to complete an examination that tests knowledge of state laws, as provided. Existing law subjects these certificates and licenses to renewal and requires the holder of the certificate or license to apply for renewal on a form prescribed by the board and pay a prescribed fee, as provided.
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SB 1085
California SB 1085 (20152016)
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Professional engineers: geologists and geophysicists: land surveyors.
California SB 1085 (20152016) — Professional engineers: geologists and geophysicists: land surveyors.
Existing law makes the Board for Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors, and Geologists responsible for the certification, licensure, and regulation of the practice of professional engineering, the practice of professional geologists and geophysicists, and the practice of professional land surveyors. Except for an applicant for a geophysicist license, existing law requires these applicants for a certificate or license to complete an examination that tests knowledge of state laws, as provided. Existing law subjects these certificates and licenses to renewal and requires the holder of the certificate or license to apply for renewal on a form prescribed by the board and pay a prescribed fee, as provided.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
SB 1085 Roth Senate Third Reading By COOLEY — 79–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 12–2 (pass) · lower
Special Consent — 39–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass. — 20–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 9–0 (pass) · upper
3rd Reading — 38–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Roth — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2016-02-17 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2016-02-18 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 19.
2016-02-25 Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. referral-committee
2016-03-11 Set for hearing April 11.
2016-04-04 April 11 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
2016-04-05 Set for hearing April 18.
2016-04-07 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
2016-04-19 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 3591.) (April 18). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2016-04-20 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1
2016-04-29 Set for hearing May 9.
2016-05-09 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
2016-05-10 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2016-05-12 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 3846.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, passage, reading-1
2016-05-12 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2016-05-19 Referred to Com. on B. & P. referral-committee
2016-06-21 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 2.) (June 14). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2016-06-22 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1
2016-06-28 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
2016-08-03 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 20. Noes 0.) (August 3). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2016-08-04 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2016-08-18 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 5891.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, passage, reading-1
2016-08-19 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2016-08-23 Ordered to special consent calendar.
2016-08-25 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5430.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2016-08-31 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
2016-09-25 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2016-09-25 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 629, Statutes of 2016.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/73c3e6f1-dbbb-4a40-b1fb-a39c0859f67c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).