republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20172018/sb-920.md

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Bill	Engineering, land surveying, and architecture: limited liability partnerships.	The Professional Engineers Act and the Professional Land Surveyors' Act provide for the licensure and regulation of engineers and land surveyors by the Board for Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors, and Geologists. The Architects Practice Act provides for the licensure and regulation of architects by the California Architects Board. 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	20172018	SB 920	California SB 920 (20172018)	bill	Engineering land surveying and architecture: limited liability partnerships.	enacted	Cannella	6	23	6	2018-01-23	2018-07-20	openstates	ocd-bill/6ca8081c-4946-410b-95c5-ae5195adf5e6	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB920	e9832153c265ed9aefe65526abe844e911441fe534a346b6e8d1b546bd74c878	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 920 (20172018) — Engineering, land surveying, and architecture: limited liability partnerships.

The Professional Engineers Act and the Professional Land Surveyors' Act provide for the licensure and regulation of engineers and land surveyors by the Board for Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors, and Geologists. The Architects Practice Act provides for the licensure and regulation of architects by the California Architects Board. 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. 01/23/18 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/02/18 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/30/18 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 07/20/18 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
5. SB920 (committee substitute) — source
6. 07/09/18 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• 3rd Reading SB920 Cannella et al. — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 16–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 17–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — 9–0 (pass) · upper
• SB 920 Cannella Consent Calendar Second Day — 69–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Cannella — primary (person)
• Bates — coauthor (person)
• Caballero — coauthor (person)
• Mathis — coauthor (person)
• Morrell — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-01-23 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2018-01-24 From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 23.
• 2018-02-01 Referred to Coms. on B., P. & E.D. and JUD. referral-committee
• 2018-03-20 Set for hearing April 9.
• 2018-04-02 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
• 2018-04-09 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 4588.) (April 9). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2018-04-11 Set for hearing April 24.
• 2018-04-26 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 4813.) (April 24). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2018-04-30 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1
• 2018-05-09 Set for hearing May 14.
• 2018-05-14 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2018-05-15 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2018-05-21 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 4230.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2018-05-21 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2018-05-31 Referred to Com. on B. & P. referral-committee
• 2018-06-19 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (June 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2018-06-27 From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (June 27). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2018-06-28 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2018-07-05 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 69. Noes 0. Page 6108.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2018-07-05 In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
• 2018-07-11 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2018-07-20 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2018-07-20 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 150, Statutes of 2018.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6ca8081c-4946-410b-95c5-ae5195adf5e6. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).