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Bill	Licenses: military service.	Existing law provides for the regulation of various professions and vocations by boards within the Department of Consumer Affairs and for the licensure or registration of individuals in that regard. Existing law authorizes any licensee or registrant whose license expired while the licensee or registrant was on active duty as a member of the California National Guard or the United States Armed Forces to reinstate the licensee's or registrant's license without examination or penalty if certain requirements are met.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20212022	SB 1237	California SB 1237 (20212022)	bill	Licenses: military service.	enacted	Newman	5	26	7	2022-02-17	2022-09-17	openstates	ocd-bill/0af652b5-addd-4d1a-9e28-130b22945d2b	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1237	dc1a8a6a2eafcc6f6b439df17e369263d604dcc31f4811e689e1fc437c0f91f7	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 1237 (20212022) — Licenses: military service.

Existing law provides for the regulation of various professions and vocations by boards within the Department of Consumer Affairs and for the licensure or registration of individuals in that regard. Existing law authorizes any licensee or registrant whose license expired while the licensee or registrant was on active duty as a member of the California National Guard or the United States Armed Forces to reinstate the licensee's or registrant's license without examination or penalty if certain requirements are met.

Version chain

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

1. 02/17/22 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/30/22 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 09/17/22 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
4. SB1237 (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/12/22 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 15–0 (pass) · lower
• SB 1237 Newman Consent Calendar Second Day — 76–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Military and Veterans Affairs] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 16–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Military and Veterans Affairs] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 10–0 (pass) · upper
• Consent Calendar SB1237 — 35–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 10–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Newman — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-02-17 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2022-02-17 Article IV Section 8(a) of the Constitution and Joint Rule 55 dispensed with February 7, 2022, suspending the 30 calendar day requirement.
• 2022-02-18 From printer.
• 2022-03-02 Referred to Coms. on B., P. & E.D. and M. & V.A. referral-committee
• 2022-03-25 Set for hearing April 4.
• 2022-03-30 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
• 2022-04-05 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on M. & V.A. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0. Page 3308.) (April 4). Re-referred to Com. on M. & V.A. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2022-04-06 Set for hearing April 27.
• 2022-04-13 April 27 hearing postponed by committee.
• 2022-04-14 Set for hearing April 26.
• 2022-04-27 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 3516.) (April 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2022-04-29 Set for hearing May 9.
• 2022-05-09 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2022-05-10 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-05-12 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 3672.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2022-05-12 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2022-05-19 Referred to Coms. on B. & P. and M. & V.A. referral-committee
• 2022-06-14 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on M. & V.A. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (June 14). Re-referred to Com. on M. & V.A. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2022-06-29 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2022-08-03 From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (August 3). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-08-04 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-08-11 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 5828.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2022-08-11 In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
• 2022-08-23 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 12:30 p.m.
• 2022-09-17 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2022-09-17 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 386, Statutes of 2022. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0af652b5-addd-4d1a-9e28-130b22945d2b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).