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Bill	Accountancy.	Existing law establishes the California Board of Accountancy, which is within the Department of Consumer Affairs, and requires the board to license and regulate accountants in this state. Existing law authorizes the board to appoint an executive officer, as specified. Existing law repeals these provisions on January 1, 2025.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20232024	AB 3251	California AB 3251 (20232024)	bill	Accountancy	enacted	Berman	6	26	8	2024-02-16	2024-09-25	openstates	ocd-bill/21ae648c-fbba-48df-8c4a-e2def46fc18c	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB3251	5a3b8a498da0517f1ec25f8639d93024be29f7b13f7c31ee41f00c2c841baf52	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 3251 (20232024) — Accountancy.

Existing law establishes the California Board of Accountancy, which is within the Department of Consumer Affairs, and requires the board to license and regulate accountants in this state. Existing law authorizes the board to appoint an executive officer, as specified. Existing law repeals these provisions on January 1, 2025.

Version chain

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

1. 02/16/24 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/24/24 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 06/25/24 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 09/25/24 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
5. AB3251 (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/03/24 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass as amended. — 17–0 (pass) · lower
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Special Consent AB3251 Berman et al. By Ashby — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 15–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 3251 Business and Professions Assembly Third Reading By BERMAN — 71–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 3251 Berman Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 76–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 13–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Berman — primary (person)
• Ashby — principal coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-02-16 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2024-02-17 From printer. May be heard in committee March 18.
• 2024-03-11 Referred to Com. on B. & P. referral-committee
• 2024-04-23 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (April 23). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
• 2024-04-24 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-04-25 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-04-25 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. pursuant to Joint Rule 10.5. referral-committee
• 2024-05-08 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2024-05-16 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 16). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-05-20 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-05-22 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 71. Noes 0. Page 5532.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2024-05-23 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2024-06-05 Referred to Com. on B., P. & E. D. referral-committee
• 2024-06-25 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E. D. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2024-07-01 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (July 1). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2024-08-05 In committee: Referred to suspense file. referral-committee
• 2024-08-15 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 15). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-08-19 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-08-23 Ordered to special consent calendar.
• 2024-08-28 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2024-08-28 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2024-08-29 Assembly Rule 77 suspended.
• 2024-08-29 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 76. Noes 0.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-09-11 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2024-09-25 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2024-09-25 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 586, Statutes of 2024. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/21ae648c-fbba-48df-8c4a-e2def46fc18c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).