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Bill	Department of Consumer Affairs: licensee and registrant records: name and gender changes.	Existing law establishes in the Business, Consumer Services, and Housing Agency the Department of Consumer Affairs. Existing law establishes various boards within the department for the licensure, regulation, and discipline of various professions and vocations. Existing law defines "board" for purposes of the Business and Professions Code to include bureau, commission, committee, department, division, examining committee, program, and agency, unless otherwise expressly provided.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20232024	SB 372	California SB 372 (20232024)	bill	Department of Consumer Affairs licensee and registrant records name and gender changes	enacted	Menjivar	9	32	10	2023-02-09	2023-09-23	openstates	ocd-bill/fdd76284-2ae6-41d1-a5b8-09a4898e8e48	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB372	8f9e21a760ece0ce5cbc048a9faa0ebc5d43f6c71de6989c5b39ea27f40dc15e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 372 (20232024) — Department of Consumer Affairs: licensee and registrant records: name and gender changes.

Existing law establishes in the Business, Consumer Services, and Housing Agency the Department of Consumer Affairs. Existing law establishes various boards within the department for the licensure, regulation, and discipline of various professions and vocations. Existing law defines "board" for purposes of the Business and Professions Code to include bureau, commission, committee, department, division, examining committee, program, and agency, unless otherwise expressly provided.

Version chain

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

1. 02/09/23 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/20/23 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/20/23 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/12/23 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 06/28/23 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/01/23 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/23/23 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
8. SB372 (committee substitute) — source
9. 09/08/23 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 8–1 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 9–0 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading SB372 Menjivar et al. — 33–4 (pass) · upper
• Do pass — 5–2 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 12–4 (pass) · lower
• Placed on suspense file — 6–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — 8–2 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — 13–0 (pass) · lower
• Unfinished Business SB372 Menjivar et al. Concurrence — 36–4 (pass) · upper
• SB 372 Menjivar Senate Third Reading By Zbur — 63–5 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Menjivar — primary (person)
• Cortese — coauthor (person)
• Haney — coauthor (person)
• Lee — coauthor (person)
• Pellerin — coauthor (person)
• Wallis — coauthor (person)
• Wiener — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-02-09 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2023-02-10 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 12.
• 2023-02-22 Referred to Coms. on B., P. & E. D. and JUD. referral-committee
• 2023-03-06 Set for hearing March 27.
• 2023-03-20 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
• 2023-03-27 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 8. Noes 2. Page 535.) (March 27). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2023-03-29 Set for hearing April 18.
• 2023-04-19 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 799.) (April 18). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-04-20 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2023-04-25 Set for hearing May 1.
• 2023-05-01 May 1 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
• 2023-05-12 Set for hearing May 18.
• 2023-05-18 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 1168.) (May 18). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-05-18 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-05-22 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 33. Noes 4. Page 1218.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-05-23 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2023-05-26 Referred to Coms. on B. & P. and JUD. referral-committee
• 2023-06-12 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
• 2023-06-20 Coauthors revised.
• 2023-06-20 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (June 20). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2023-06-27 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 1.) (June 27). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-06-28 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2023-08-16 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 4.) (August 16). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-08-17 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-09-01 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-09-01 Ordered to third reading.
• 2023-09-05 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 63. Noes 5. Page 2929.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-09-05 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2023-09-06 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 36. Noes 4. Page 2422.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-09-11 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
• 2023-09-23 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2023-09-23 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 225, Statutes of 2023. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/fdd76284-2ae6-41d1-a5b8-09a4898e8e48. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).