(1) Existing law requires the State Architect to establish and publicize a program for voluntary certification by the state of any person who meets specified criteria as a certified access specialist (CASp) , as provided. Existing law, on and after January 1, 2013, and until December 31, 2017, inclusive, requires that any applicant for an original or renewal of a local business license or equivalent instrument or permit to pay an additional fee of $1 for that license, instrument, or permit, to be collected by the city, county, or city and county that issued the license, instrument, or permit.
California AB 1379 (20172018) — Certified access specialist program: funding.
(1) Existing law requires the State Architect to establish and publicize a program for voluntary certification by the state of any person who meets specified criteria as a certified access specialist (CASp) , as provided. Existing law, on and after January 1, 2013, and until December 31, 2017, inclusive, requires that any applicant for an original or renewal of a local business license or equivalent instrument or permit to pay an additional fee of $1 for that license, instrument, or permit, to be collected by the city, county, or city and county that issued the license, instrument, or permit.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 5–1 (pass) · upper
Do pass — 5–2 (pass) · upper
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — 10–2 (pass) · upper
Do pass. — 16–0 (pass) · lower
3rd Reading AB1379 Thurmond By Jackson — 30–10 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Thurmond — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2017-02-17 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2017-02-19 From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
2017-03-30 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
2017-03-30 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
2017-04-03 Re-referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
2017-04-25 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (April 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2017-05-10 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
2017-05-26 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 26). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2017-05-26 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2017-06-01 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 69. Noes 4. Page 2045.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
2017-06-05 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2017-06-14 Referred to Coms. on G.O. and JUD. referral-committee
2017-06-27 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 10. Noes 2.) (June 27). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2017-07-12 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (July 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2017-07-20 Measure version as amended on March 30 corrected. amendment-passage
2017-08-21 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 21). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2017-08-22 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2017-09-05 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 30. Noes 10. Page 2477.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
2017-09-05 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
2017-09-13 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
2017-10-11 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2017-10-11 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 667, Statutes of 2017.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0bc2be39-852c-4bbc-bc99-ee351648cc19. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).