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Bill Licensing boards: denial of application: revocation or suspension of licensure: criminal conviction. Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of various professions and vocations by boards within the Department of Consumer Affairs. Existing law authorizes a board to deny, suspend, or revoke a license or take disciplinary action against a licensee on the grounds that the applicant or licensee has, among other things, been convicted of a crime, as specified. Existing law provides that a person shall not be denied a license solely on the basis that the person has been convicted of a felony if he or she has obtained a certificate of rehabilitation or that the person has been convicted of a misdemeanor if he or she has met applicable requirements of rehabilitation developed by the board, as specified. Existing law also prohibits a person from being denied a license solely on the basis of a conviction that has been dismissed, as specified. Existing law requires a board to develop criteria to aid it when considering the denial, suspension, or revocation of a license to determine whether a crime is substantially related to the qualifications, functions, or duties of the business or profession the board regulates and requires a board to develop criteria to evaluate the rehabilitation of a person when considering the denial, suspension, or revocation of a license. us/states/ca California Legislature 20172018 AB 2138 California AB 2138 (20172018)
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California AB 2138 (20172018) — Licensing boards: denial of application: revocation or suspension of licensure: criminal conviction.

Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of various professions and vocations by boards within the Department of Consumer Affairs. Existing law authorizes a board to deny, suspend, or revoke a license or take disciplinary action against a licensee on the grounds that the applicant or licensee has, among other things, been convicted of a crime, as specified. Existing law provides that a person shall not be denied a license solely on the basis that the person has been convicted of a felony if he or she has obtained a certificate of rehabilitation or that the person has been convicted of a misdemeanor if he or she has met applicable requirements of rehabilitation developed by the board, as specified. Existing law also prohibits a person from being denied a license solely on the basis of a conviction that has been dismissed, as specified. Existing law requires a board to develop criteria to aid it when considering the denial, suspension, or revocation of a license to determine whether a crime is substantially related to the qualifications, functions, or duties of the business or profession the board regulates and requires a board to develop criteria to evaluate the rehabilitation of a person when considering the denial, suspension, or revocation of a license.

Version chain

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

  1. 02/12/18 - Introduced (filed) — source
  2. 04/02/18 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
  3. 05/25/18 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
  4. 06/20/18 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
  5. 08/24/18 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
  6. 09/30/18 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
  7. AB2138 (committee substitute) — source
  8. 09/04/18 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • Placed on suspense file — 70 (pass) · upper
  • Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 115 (pass) · lower
  • Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 42 (pass) · upper
  • Do pass — 52 (pass) · upper
  • Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Public Safety] — 63 (pass) · upper
  • 3rd Reading AB2138 Chiu et al. By Skinner — 2413 (pass) · upper
  • AB 2138 CHIU Assembly Third Reading — 4529 (pass) · lower
  • AB 2138 CHIU Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 4729 (pass) · lower
  • Do pass as amended. — 124 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Chiu — primary (person)
  • Low — author (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2018-02-12 Read first time. To print. reading-1
  • 2018-02-13 From printer. May be heard in committee March 15.
  • 2018-02-26 Referred to Com. on B. & P. referral-committee
  • 2018-04-02 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on B. & P. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
  • 2018-04-03 Re-referred to Com. on B. & P. referral-committee
  • 2018-04-24 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 5.) (April 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
  • 2018-05-23 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
  • 2018-05-25 Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 5298.)
  • 2018-05-25 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 4.) (May 25). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
  • 2018-05-25 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2
  • 2018-05-29 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
  • 2018-05-31 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 45. Noes 29. Page 5633.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
  • 2018-06-04 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
  • 2018-06-13 Referred to Coms. on B., P. & E.D. and PUB. S. referral-committee
  • 2018-06-19 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. (Ayes 6. Noes 3.) (June 18). Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
  • 2018-06-20 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction
  • 2018-06-26 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 2.) (June 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
  • 2018-08-06 In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
  • 2018-08-17 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 16). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
  • 2018-08-17 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
  • 2018-08-24 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
  • 2018-08-27 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
  • 2018-08-28 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 24. Noes 13. Page 5902.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
  • 2018-08-28 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
  • 2018-08-29 Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 6773.)
  • 2018-08-30 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 47. Noes 29. Page 6991.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
  • 2018-09-11 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
  • 2018-09-30 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
  • 2018-09-30 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 995, Statutes of 2018.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f3d9e851-8367-4729-a776-b2062f70fb55. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).