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Bill	Accountancy: California Board of Accountancy.	(1) Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of various professions and vocations by boards within the Department of Consumer Affairs. Existing law establishes the California Board of Accountancy, which is within the Department of Consumer Affairs, and requires the board to license and regulate accountants in this state.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20192020	AB 1521	California AB 1521 (20192020)	bill	Accountancy: California Board of Accountancy.	enacted	Low	7	27	8	2019-02-22	2019-09-27	openstates	ocd-bill/02ff50c4-eef7-4f93-b258-5eb9c562293f	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1521	e9acef0de47f426844777769b2294896179d7003eaad3ed4bd74f37f8223a540	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 1521 (20192020) — Accountancy: California Board of Accountancy.

(1) Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of various professions and vocations by boards within the Department of Consumer Affairs. Existing law establishes the California Board of Accountancy, which is within the Department of Consumer Affairs, and requires the board to license and regulate accountants in this state.

Version chain

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

1. 02/22/19 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/08/19 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 07/11/19 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 09/03/19 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/27/19 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. AB1521 (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/13/19 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 9–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 19–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB1521 Low By Glazer — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 18–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 1521 Low Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 76–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 1521 B. & P. Assembly Third Reading By LOW — 78–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Low — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-02-22 Introduced. To print. introduction
• 2019-02-23 From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
• 2019-02-25 Read first time. reading-1
• 2019-03-14 Referred to Com. on B. & P. referral-committee
• 2019-04-08 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on B. & P. Read second time and amended. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction
• 2019-04-09 Re-referred to Com. on B. & P. referral-committee
• 2019-04-24 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 19. Noes 0.) (April 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2019-05-01 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2019-05-16 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (May 16). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2019-05-20 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2019-05-23 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 1897.) passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2019-05-24 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2019-06-06 Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. referral-committee
• 2019-07-10 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (July 8). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
• 2019-07-11 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2019-08-12 In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2019-08-30 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 30). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2019-08-30 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2019-09-03 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2019-09-04 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2019-09-09 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2676.). passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2019-09-09 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 11 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2019-09-10 Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 3252.)
• 2019-09-10 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 3284.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-09-20 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
• 2019-09-27 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2019-09-27 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 359, Statutes of 2019.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/02ff50c4-eef7-4f93-b258-5eb9c562293f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).