republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20232024/ab-342.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Architects and real estate appraisers: applicants and licensees: demographic information."
description: "Existing law, the Architects Practice Act, establishes the California Architects Board in the Department of Consumer Affairs for the licensure and regulation of persons engaged in the practice of architecture. Existing law, the Real Estate Appraisers' Licensing and Certification Law, establishes the Bureau of Real Estate Appraisers in the Department of Consumer Affairs to license and regulate real estate appraisers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "AB 342"
citation: "California AB 342 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Architects and real estate appraisers", "applicants and licensees", "demographic information"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Valencia"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 27
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2023-01-31"
last_action: "2023-09-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4c24c3c0-84d3-4228-bc48-3252806537a9"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB342"
source_hash: "de19764a391311fa4ed419f48a9c35d10263773cc0d30973a9cd9c027628bba0"
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 AB 342 (20232024) — Architects and real estate appraisers: applicants and licensees: demographic information.

Existing law, the Architects Practice Act, establishes the California Architects Board in the Department of Consumer Affairs for the licensure and regulation of persons engaged in the practice of architecture. Existing law, the Real Estate Appraisers' Licensing and Certification Law, establishes the Bureau of Real Estate Appraisers in the Department of Consumer Affairs to license and regulate real estate appraisers.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/31/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB342&version=20230AB34299INT)
2. **03/21/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB342&version=20230AB34298AMD)
3. **03/29/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB342&version=20230AB34297AMD)
4. **05/23/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB342&version=20230AB34296AMD)
5. **06/07/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB342&version=20230AB34295AMD)
6. **08/17/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB342&version=20230AB34294AMD)
7. **09/22/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB342&version=20230AB34292CHP)
8. **AB342** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB342)
9. **09/11/23 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB342&version=20230AB34293ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **18–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB342 Valencia et al. By Umberg — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 342 Valencia Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **79–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — **13–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 342 Valencia Consent Calendar Second Day — **79–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Valencia — primary (person)
- McKinnor — coauthor (person)
- Min — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-31** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2023-02-01** From printer. May be heard in committee March 3.
- **2023-02-09** Referred to Com. on B. & P. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-21** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on B. & P. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-03-22** Re-referred to Com. on B. & P. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-28** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (March 28). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-29** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-03-30** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-19** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 19). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-20** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-04-27** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 1362.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-04-27** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2023-05-10** Referred to Coms. on B., P. & E. D. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-23** 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`
- **2023-06-05** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (June 5). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2023-06-07** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-06-21** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 20). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2023-07-03** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2023-07-05** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-08-17** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-08-21** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-09-05** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 2376.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-09-05** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 7 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2023-09-07** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3017.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-09-13** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2023-09-22** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2023-09-22** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 200, Statutes of 2023. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4c24c3c0-84d3-4228-bc48-3252806537a9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).