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Bill
Business and professions.
Under existing law, the Department of Consumer Affairs, which is under the control of the director of the Director of Consumer Affairs, is comprised of various boards, as defined, that license and regulate various professions and vocations. With respect to the Department of Consumer Affairs, existing law provides that the Governor has power to remove from office any member of any board appointed by the Governor for specified reasons, including incompetence.
us/states/ca
California Legislature
20192020
AB 496
California AB 496 (20192020)
Business and professions.
enacted
6
24
5
2019-02-12
2019-09-27
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ocd-bill/c3244292-5ee1-4e22-97ad-673042dfb0e8
http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB496
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2026-07-01
https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump
2026-07-06
reported
California AB 496 (20192020) — Business and professions.
Under existing law, the Department of Consumer Affairs, which is under the control of the director of the Director of Consumer Affairs, is comprised of various boards, as defined, that license and regulate various professions and vocations. With respect to the Department of Consumer Affairs, existing law provides that the Governor has power to remove from office any member of any board appointed by the Governor for specified reasons, including incompetence.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
02/12/19 - Introduced (filed) — source
05/06/19 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
09/06/19 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
09/27/19 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
AB496 (committee substitute) — source
09/16/19 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source
Votes
3rd Reading AB496 Low By Glazer — 40– 0 (pass) · upper
AB 496 Low Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 78– 0 (pass) · lower
AB 496 Low Assembly Third Reading — 74– 0 (pass) · lower
Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — 9– 0 (pass) · upper
Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 20– 0 (pass) · lower
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2019-02-12 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2019-02-13 From printer. May be heard in committee March 15.
2019-02-21 Referred to Com. on B. & P. referral-committee
2019-04-02 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 20. Noes 0.) (April 2). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2019-04-03 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
2019-04-04 From Consent Calendar.
2019-04-04 Ordered to third reading.
2019-05-06 Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 1502.) amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
2019-05-13 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 1615.) passage, reading-3, reading-1
2019-05-14 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2019-05-22 Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. referral-committee
2019-06-10 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 10). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2019-06-11 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
2019-06-13 From Consent Calendar.
2019-06-13 Ordered to third reading.
2019-09-06 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
2019-09-09 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2019-09-10 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2765.). passage, reading-3, reading-1
2019-09-10 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 12 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
2019-09-11 Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 3370.)
2019-09-11 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 3441.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2019-09-23 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 351, Statutes of 2019.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01 ; origin ocd-bill/c3244292-5ee1-4e22-97ad-673042dfb0e8. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).