republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20152016/sb-284.md

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Bill	Engineering and land surveying: limited liability partnerships.	The Professional Engineers Act provides for the licensure and regulation of engineers and the Professional Land Surveyors' Act provides for the licensure and regulation of land surveyors by the Board for Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors, and Geologists. The Uniform Partnership Act of 1994 authorizes the formation of registered limited liability partnerships and foreign limited liability partnerships as specified.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20152016	SB 284	California SB 284 (20152016)	bill	Engineering and land surveying: limited liability partnerships.	enacted	Cannella	6	23	6	2015-02-19	2015-08-10	openstates	ocd-bill/943cda37-1fb1-4852-8025-116031721fa4	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB284	33c0f1913fbb42587ba4e234e2cf91a17fbf4e75d670d8b74e9afc9c29ac1155	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 284 (20152016) — Engineering and land surveying: limited liability partnerships.

The Professional Engineers Act provides for the licensure and regulation of engineers and the Professional Land Surveyors' Act provides for the licensure and regulation of land surveyors by the Board for Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors, and Geologists. The Uniform Partnership Act of 1994 authorizes the formation of registered limited liability partnerships and foreign limited liability partnerships as specified.

Version chain

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

1. 02/19/15 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/22/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 05/05/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 08/10/15 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
5. SB284 (committee substitute) — source
6. 07/27/15 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 14–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — 9–0 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 14–0 (pass) · lower
• SB 284 Cannella Consent Calendar Second Day — 79–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 6–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Cannella — primary (person)
• Bates — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2015-02-19 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2015-02-20 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 22.
• 2015-03-05 Referred to Coms. on B., P. & E.D. and JUD. referral-committee
• 2015-03-24 Set for hearing April 20.
• 2015-04-21 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 699.) (April 20). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-04-22 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
• 2015-04-23 Set for hearing April 28.
• 2015-05-04 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 818.) (April 28). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2015-05-05 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2015-05-08 Set for hearing May 18.
• 2015-05-18 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2015-05-19 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-05-22 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1065.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-05-22 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2015-06-11 Referred to Com. on B. & P. referral-committee
• 2015-06-23 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (June 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-07-08 From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (July 8). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-07-09 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-07-16 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 2432.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-07-16 In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
• 2015-07-30 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 10 a.m.
• 2015-08-10 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2015-08-10 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 157, Statutes of 2015.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/943cda37-1fb1-4852-8025-116031721fa4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).