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Bill	Professions and vocations.	(1) The Private Investigator Act provides for the licensure and regulation of private investigators and requires the Bureau of Security and Investigative Services to consider, and authorizes the bureau to require, an applicant for licensure as a private investigator to submit proof of satisfactory completion of a course in professional ethics. That act authorizes the bureau to specify which courses and course providers satisfy the requirement if the bureau requires an applicant to submit proof of satisfactory completion of a course in professional ethics.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20192020	SB 609	California SB 609 (20192020)	bill	Professions and vocations.	enacted	Glazer	7	31	9	2019-02-22	2019-09-27	openstates	ocd-bill/b20ff828-261a-4dbc-9135-880ef81d386f	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB609	34481c899fac75b042bcae91e18ae0f3ce072405919045c3023f95099a64d157	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 609 (20192020) — Professions and vocations.

(1) The Private Investigator Act provides for the licensure and regulation of private investigators and requires the Bureau of Security and Investigative Services to consider, and authorizes the bureau to require, an applicant for licensure as a private investigator to submit proof of satisfactory completion of a course in professional ethics. That act authorizes the bureau to specify which courses and course providers satisfy the requirement if the bureau requires an applicant to submit proof of satisfactory completion of a course in professional ethics.

Version chain

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

1. 02/22/19 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/11/19 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/25/19 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 07/11/19 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/27/19 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. SB609 (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/17/19 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• SB 609 Glazer Senate Third Reading By Low — 68–2 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 17–1 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — 15–2 (pass) · lower
• Do pass — 6–0 (pass) · upper
• Special Consent SB609 — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 9–0 (pass) · upper
• Placed on suspense file — 6–0 (pass) · upper
• That the Assembly amendments be concurred in — 9–0 (pass) · upper
• Unfinished Business SB609 Glazer Concurrence — 40–0 (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.
• 2019-04-11 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
• 2019-04-24 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 769.) (April 22). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2019-04-25 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2019-05-13 May 13 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
• 2019-05-14 Set for hearing May 16.
• 2019-05-16 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 1105.) (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 1279.) 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
• 2019-07-10 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 17. Noes 1.) (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 15. Noes 2.) (August 30). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2019-09-03 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2019-09-10 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 68. Noes 2. Page 3324.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2019-09-10 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2019-09-11 Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d). referral-committee
• 2019-09-11 From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d). (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 2808.) Re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2019-09-11 Set for hearing September 12.
• 2019-09-12 From committee: That the Assembly amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 2908.) committee-passage
• 2019-09-13 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2929.) 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 377, Statutes of 2019.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b20ff828-261a-4dbc-9135-880ef81d386f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).