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Bill	Professions and vocations.	(1) Existing law establishes the Department of Consumer Affairs, which is composed of boards that license and regulate various professions. Existing law imposes certain requirements on those boards to expedite licensure processes, waive specified licensing fees, or issue temporary licenses, depending on the criteria that the applicant satisfies. One of those provisions requires, among other things, the applicant to be, or to have been, an active duty member of the Armed Forces of the United States, as specified. Another provision requires that the applicant hold an out-of-state license in that profession or vocation and be married to, or in a domestic partnership or other legal union with, an active duty member of the Armed Forces, as specified. Under a third provision's criteria, the applicant must have been admitted to the United States as a refugee, have been granted asylum, or have a special immigrant visa, as specified.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20232024	SB 1451	California SB 1451 (20232024)	bill	Professions and vocations	enacted	Ashby	8	28	7	2024-02-16	2024-09-22	openstates	ocd-bill/6e5f6060-3117-415c-b566-6ab9116cfa71	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1451	aa02236398a0408c23c0e4112a88911a8cb7e461802d92430d0c35f85fbc88ab	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 1451 (20232024) — Professions and vocations.

(1) Existing law establishes the Department of Consumer Affairs, which is composed of boards that license and regulate various professions. Existing law imposes certain requirements on those boards to expedite licensure processes, waive specified licensing fees, or issue temporary licenses, depending on the criteria that the applicant satisfies. One of those provisions requires, among other things, the applicant to be, or to have been, an active duty member of the Armed Forces of the United States, as specified. Another provision requires that the applicant hold an out-of-state license in that profession or vocation and be married to, or in a domestic partnership or other legal union with, an active duty member of the Armed Forces, as specified. Under a third provision's criteria, the applicant must have been admitted to the United States as a refugee, have been granted asylum, or have a special immigrant visa, as specified.

Version chain

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

1. 02/16/24 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/17/24 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 06/19/24 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 08/22/24 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/26/24 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/22/24 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
7. SB1451 (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/06/24 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 13–1 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — 10–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 12–0 (pass) · upper
• Unfinished Business SB1451 Ashby Concurrence — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• SB 1451 Ashby Senate Third Reading By Berman — 65–1 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — 14–1 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading — 36–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Ashby — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-02-16 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2024-02-20 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 18.
• 2024-02-29 Referred to Com. on B., P. & E. D. referral-committee
• 2024-04-05 Set for hearing April 22.
• 2024-04-17 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
• 2024-04-22 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 0. Page 3699.) (April 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2024-04-26 Set for hearing May 6.
• 2024-05-06 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2024-05-07 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-05-13 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 3895.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2024-05-13 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2024-05-20 Referred to Com. on B. & P. referral-committee
• 2024-06-19 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B. & P. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2024-06-25 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 1.) (June 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2024-08-07 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (August 7). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-08-08 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-08-22 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2024-08-22 Ordered to third reading.
• 2024-08-22 Re-referred to Com. on B. & P. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. referral-committee
• 2024-08-26 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B. & P. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2024-08-27 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 1.) (August 27). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-08-28 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-08-30 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 65. Noes 1. Page 6975.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2024-08-30 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2024-08-31 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 5775.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-09-12 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
• 2024-09-22 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2024-09-22 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 481, Statutes of 2024. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6e5f6060-3117-415c-b566-6ab9116cfa71. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).