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Bill	Engineering, land surveying, and geology.	(1) Existing law establishes the Board for Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors, and Geologists, which is within the Department of Consumer Affairs, to license and regulate engineers under the Professional Engineers Act, to license and regulate land surveyors under the Professional Land Surveyors' Act, and to license and regulate geologists and geophysicists under the Geologist and Geophysicist Act. Existing law makes any violation of those acts a misdemeanor.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20212022	SB 1120	California SB 1120 (20212022)	bill	Engineering land surveying and geology.	enacted	Jones	7	30	7	2022-02-16	2022-09-13	openstates	ocd-bill/86f9258d-3b63-40ad-a218-d3f7dfecd35f	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1120	404f2c4fe9aeee6665de676a917565beb98a77fb11741eb24b95f5cbb9e53988	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 1120 (20212022) — Engineering, land surveying, and geology.

(1) Existing law establishes the Board for Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors, and Geologists, which is within the Department of Consumer Affairs, to license and regulate engineers under the Professional Engineers Act, to license and regulate land surveyors under the Professional Land Surveyors' Act, and to license and regulate geologists and geophysicists under the Geologist and Geophysicist Act. Existing law makes any violation of those acts a misdemeanor.

Version chain

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

1. 02/16/22 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/02/22 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 03/15/22 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/15/22 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/13/22 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. SB1120 (committee substitute) — source
7. 08/17/22 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 11–0 (pass) · upper
• Consent Calendar SB1120 — 33–0 (pass) · upper
• Unfinished Business SB1120 Jones Concurrence — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 16–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 12–0 (pass) · upper
• SB 1120 Jones Consent Calendar Second Day — 76–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 14–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Jones — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-02-16 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2022-02-16 Article IV Section 8(a) of the Constitution and Joint Rule 55 dispensed with February 7, 2022, suspending the 30 calendar day requirement.
• 2022-02-17 From printer.
• 2022-02-23 Referred to Com. on GOV. & F. referral-committee
• 2022-03-02 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2022-03-03 Withdrawn from committee.
• 2022-03-03 Re-referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
• 2022-03-09 Re-referred to Coms. on B., P. & E.D., JUD., and GOV. & F. referral-committee
• 2022-03-10 Referral to Com. on GOV. & F. rescinded because of the limitations placed on committee hearings due to ongoing health and safety risks of the COVID-19 virus.
• 2022-03-15 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2022-03-16 Set for hearing March 21.
• 2022-03-21 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0. Page 3167.) (March 21). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2022-03-29 Set for hearing April 19.
• 2022-04-20 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0. Page 3436.) (April 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2022-04-22 Set for hearing May 2.
• 2022-05-02 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2022-05-03 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-05-09 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 3647.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2022-05-09 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2022-05-19 Referred to Com. on B. & P. referral-committee
• 2022-06-14 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (June 14). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-06-15 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2022-06-29 From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (June 29). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-06-30 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-08-04 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 5756.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2022-08-04 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2022-08-15 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4828.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-08-23 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 12:30 p.m.
• 2022-09-13 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2022-09-13 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 302, Statutes of 2022. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/86f9258d-3b63-40ad-a218-d3f7dfecd35f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).