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type: "Bill"
title: "Professions and vocations."
description: "(1) Existing law, until January 1, 2021, establishes the Board of Vocational Nursing and Psychiatric Technicians to license and regulate vocational nurses and psychiatric technicians. Existing law, before January 1, 2018, requires the board to select an executive officer to perform duties delegated by the board. Existing law, commencing January 1, 2018, requires the Governor rather than the board to appoint an executive officer and, commencing January 1, 2020, requires the executive officer to again be appointed by the board."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20192020"
identifier: "SB 606"
citation: "California SB 606 (20192020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Professions and vocations."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Glazer"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 33
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2019-02-22"
last_action: "2019-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3bd2d7c8-9c85-410a-b5c3-0e7f2b4ed883"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB606"
source_hash: "98052a4454427abc0be38a570982fdebed7e94396b00b6dcbbe83e9707653d74"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---
# California SB 606 (20192020) — Professions and vocations.
(1) Existing law, until January 1, 2021, establishes the Board of Vocational Nursing and Psychiatric Technicians to license and regulate vocational nurses and psychiatric technicians. Existing law, before January 1, 2018, requires the board to select an executive officer to perform duties delegated by the board. Existing law, commencing January 1, 2018, requires the Governor rather than the board to appoint an executive officer and, commencing January 1, 2020, requires the executive officer to again be appointed by the board.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **02/22/19 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB606&version=20190SB60699INT)
2. **04/22/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB606&version=20190SB60698AMD)
3. **06/19/19 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB606&version=20190SB60697AMD)
4. **07/11/19 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB606&version=20190SB60696AMD)
5. **09/06/19 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB606&version=20190SB60695AMD)
6. **09/27/19 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB606&version=20190SB60693CHP)
7. **SB606** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB606)
8. **09/17/19 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB606&version=20190SB60694ENR)
## Votes
- Do pass. — **150** (pass) · lower
- SB 606 Glazer Senate Third Reading By Low — **790** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **190** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **180** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **60** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **90** (pass) · upper
- Special Consent SB606 — **380** (pass) · upper
- Placed on suspense file — **50** (pass) · upper
- Unfinished Business — **391** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Glazer — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-02-22** Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction`
- **2019-02-25** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 27.
- **2019-02-25** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-14** Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-29** Set for hearing April 22.
- **2019-04-22** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-23** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 769.) (April 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-26** Set for hearing May 6.
- **2019-05-06** May 6 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2019-05-10** Set for hearing May 16.
- **2019-05-16** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 1104.) (May 16). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2019-05-16** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-05-21** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2019-05-23** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1278.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-05-24** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2019-06-06** Referred to Com. on B. & P. `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-19** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B. & P. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-07-10** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 19. Noes 0.) (July 9). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2019-07-11** 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`
- **2019-09-06** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-09-06** Ordered to third reading.
- **2019-09-06** Re-referred to Com. on B. & P. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee`
- **2019-09-10** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (September 10). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2019-09-11** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-09-13** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3571.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-09-13** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2019-09-14** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 1. Page 2952.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-09-20** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 10 a.m.
- **2019-09-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 375, Statutes of 2019.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3bd2d7c8-9c85-410a-b5c3-0e7f2b4ed883`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).