republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20192020/sb-205.md

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Bill	Business licenses: stormwater discharge compliance.	Existing law authorizes the legislative body of an incorporated city and the county board of supervisors, in the exercise of its police power, to license any kind of business not prohibited by law that is transacted and carried on within its jurisdiction, and to impose license fees. Existing law imposes various requirements on cities and counties prior to issuing specified business licenses, including verifying that a person applying for a business license to conduct business as a contractor is licensed by the Contractors' State License Board.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20192020	SB 205	California SB 205 (20192020)	bill	Business licenses: stormwater discharge compliance.	enacted	Hertzberg	8	30	10	2019-02-04	2019-10-02	openstates	ocd-bill/b02b57f7-5c58-4a3c-8c93-986f66554f52	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB205	8cbc7bcb0e5378891e90542e4aca3c4c35795652b495aeb60ca7e3a541cef73c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 205 (20192020) — Business licenses: stormwater discharge compliance.

Existing law authorizes the legislative body of an incorporated city and the county board of supervisors, in the exercise of its police power, to license any kind of business not prohibited by law that is transacted and carried on within its jurisdiction, and to impose license fees. Existing law imposes various requirements on cities and counties prior to issuing specified business licenses, including verifying that a person applying for a business license to conduct business as a contractor is licensed by the Contractors' State License Board.

Version chain

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

1. 02/04/19 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/21/19 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 05/17/19 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 07/01/19 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/12/19 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
6. 10/02/19 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
7. SB205 (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/13/19 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Local Government] — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended — 5–1 (pass) · upper
• SB 205 Hertzberg Senate Third Reading By Wood — 78–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Environmental Quality] — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 18–0 (pass) · lower
• Placed on suspense file — 6–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Unfinished Business SB205 Hertzberg Concurrence — 40–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Hertzberg — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-02-04 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2019-02-05 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 7.
• 2019-02-13 Referred to Coms. on GOV. & F. and EQ. referral-committee
• 2019-03-06 Set for hearing March 20.
• 2019-03-20 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on EQ. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 384.) (March 20). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2019-03-21 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on EQ. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2019-03-28 Set for hearing April 3.
• 2019-04-03 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 549.) (April 3). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2019-04-05 Set for hearing April 22.
• 2019-04-22 April 22 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
• 2019-05-10 Set for hearing May 16.
• 2019-05-17 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 1. Page 1092.) (May 16). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2019-05-17 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2019-05-20 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2019-05-21 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1197.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2019-05-22 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2019-05-30 Referred to Coms. on E.S. & T.M. and L. GOV. referral-committee
• 2019-06-19 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 18). Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2019-07-01 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2019-07-11 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (July 10). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2019-08-12 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2019-08-21 August 21 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
• 2019-08-30 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (August 30). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2019-09-03 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2019-09-09 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 3189.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2019-09-09 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2019-09-11 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2831.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-09-18 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2019-10-02 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2019-10-02 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 470, Statutes of 2019.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b02b57f7-5c58-4a3c-8c93-986f66554f52. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).