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Bill	The Department of Consumer Affairs.	(1) Existing law establishes the California Board of Accountancy in the Department of Consumer Affairs for the purpose of licensing and regulating the practice of accountancy. Existing law requires a licensee, in order to be authorized to sign reports on attest engagements, to have completed a minimum of 500 hours of experience in attest services, as specified.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20172018	SB 1492	California SB 1492 (20172018)	bill	The Department of Consumer Affairs.	enacted	Committee on Business, Professions and Economic Development	7	24	7	2018-02-21	2018-09-14	openstates	ocd-bill/2694289e-7ee1-45c2-9ebb-1914af3a32c7	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1492	9d477655d46d1c3a4cc65dcbaa5c57d8e32720e9032d7bc1ded3ca896808cd17	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 1492 (20172018) — The Department of Consumer Affairs.

(1) Existing law establishes the California Board of Accountancy in the Department of Consumer Affairs for the purpose of licensing and regulating the practice of accountancy. Existing law requires a licensee, in order to be authorized to sign reports on attest engagements, to have completed a minimum of 500 hours of experience in attest services, as specified.

Version chain

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

1. 02/21/18 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/19/18 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 06/04/18 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 08/06/18 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/14/18 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. SB1492 (committee substitute) — source
7. 08/21/18 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 9–0 (pass) · upper
• Consent Calendar SB1492 B.P.&E.D. — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 17–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Higher Education] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 17–0 (pass) · lower
• Unfinished Business SB1492 B.P.&E.D. (Hill) Concurrence — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 12–0 (pass) · lower
• SB 1492 B., P. & E.D. Consent Calendar Second Day — 76–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Committee on Business, Professions and Economic Development — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-02-21 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2018-02-22 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 24.
• 2018-03-08 Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. referral-committee
• 2018-03-20 Set for hearing April 23.
• 2018-04-19 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
• 2018-04-24 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 4784.) (April 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2018-05-08 Set for hearing May 14.
• 2018-05-14 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2018-05-15 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2018-05-17 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 5090.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2018-05-17 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2018-05-25 Referred to Coms. on B. & P. and HIGHER ED. referral-committee
• 2018-06-04 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B. & P. reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
• 2018-06-19 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HIGHER ED. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (June 19). Re-referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2018-06-27 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (June 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2018-08-06 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
• 2018-08-08 From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 8). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2018-08-09 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2018-08-16 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 6313.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2018-08-16 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2018-08-20 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5463.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2018-08-24 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2018-09-14 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2018-09-14 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 422, Statutes of 2018.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2694289e-7ee1-45c2-9ebb-1914af3a32c7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).