republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20232024/sb-812.md

type, title, description, jurisdiction, legislature, session, identifier, citation, classification, subjects, status, primary_sponsors, version_count, action_count, vote_count, first_action, last_action, source, source_identifier, source_url, source_hash, vintage, source_snapshot, retrieved_at, confidence, tags

type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Tax preparers.	Existing law, the Tax Preparation Act, requires a tax preparer to register with the California Tax Education Council, which is charged with carrying out regulatory responsibilities and duties under the act. Existing law subjects the act to review by the appropriate policy committees of the Legislature and repeals the act on January 1, 2024. Existing law makes a violation of the act a misdemeanor, except as specified.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20232024	SB 812	California SB 812 (20232024)	bill	Tax preparers	enacted	Roth	5	20	5	2023-02-17	2023-09-08	openstates	ocd-bill/3719694f-407f-4033-ab52-e2b0a8167c80	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB812	9015f69a85767781bfc87a391c28b1eb3d327e656732d25b61dc0c44e7d56cd5	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 812 (20232024) — Tax preparers.

Existing law, the Tax Preparation Act, requires a tax preparer to register with the California Tax Education Council, which is charged with carrying out regulatory responsibilities and duties under the act. Existing law subjects the act to review by the appropriate policy committees of the Legislature and repeals the act on January 1, 2024. Existing law makes a violation of the act a misdemeanor, except as specified.

Version chain

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

1. 02/17/23 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/27/23 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 09/08/23 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
4. SB812 (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/25/23 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 19–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading SB812 Roth et al. — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 13–0 (pass) · upper
• SB 812 Roth Consent Calendar Second Day — 73–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 15–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

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

Timeline

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

• 2023-02-17 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2023-02-21 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 20.
• 2023-03-01 Referred to Com. on B., P. & E. D. referral-committee
• 2023-03-06 Set for hearing April 24.
• 2023-04-26 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0. Page 854.) (April 24). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-04-27 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2023-05-02 Set for hearing May 8.
• 2023-05-08 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2023-05-09 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-05-24 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1248.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-05-25 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2023-06-01 Referred to Com. on B. & P. referral-committee
• 2023-07-11 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 19. Noes 0.) (July 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2023-08-16 From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (August 16). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-08-17 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-08-24 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 2802.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-08-24 In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
• 2023-08-30 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
• 2023-09-08 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2023-09-08 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 185, Statutes of 2023. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3719694f-407f-4033-ab52-e2b0a8167c80. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).