republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20252026/ab-759.md

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Bill	Architects: architects-in-training.	Existing law, the Architects Practice Act, establishes the California Architects Board within the Department of Consumer Affairs for licensing and regulation of persons engaged in the practice of architecture, and defines the term "architect" for those purposes. That act requires an applicant for licensure as an architect to, among other things, take an examination. The act imposes various fees on licensees and applicants for a license, which are deposited in the California Architects Board Fund, a continuously appropriated fund.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20252026	AB 759	California AB 759 (20252026)	bill appropriation	Architects architects-in-training	enacted	Valencia	7	27	8	2025-02-18	2025-10-06	openstates	ocd-bill/e3cb00c0-f694-4dba-a687-06e8e4ab87f7	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB759	c7dbdd3821f32202ce18193f3a31d493528e86ed4902b7f5d82b5b59e15d362b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 759 (20252026) — Architects: architects-in-training.

Existing law, the Architects Practice Act, establishes the California Architects Board within the Department of Consumer Affairs for licensing and regulation of persons engaged in the practice of architecture, and defines the term "architect" for those purposes. That act requires an applicant for licensure as an architect to, among other things, take an examination. The act imposes various fees on licensees and applicants for a license, which are deposited in the California Architects Board Fund, a continuously appropriated fund.

Version chain

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

1. 02/18/25 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/10/25 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/23/25 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 07/17/25 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 10/06/25 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. AB759 (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/10/25 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• AB 759 Valencia Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 79–0 (pass) · lower
• Special Consent AB759 Valencia By Ashby — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 14–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 11–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 18–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 759 Valencia Assembly Third Reading — 79–0 (pass) · lower
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Valencia — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-02-18 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2025-02-19 From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
• 2025-03-03 Referred to Com. on B. & P. referral-committee
• 2025-03-25 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2025-04-10 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
• 2025-04-21 Re-referred to Com. on B. & P. referral-committee
• 2025-04-22 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (April 22). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2025-04-23 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-04-24 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2025-04-30 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file. referral-committee
• 2025-05-23 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (May 23). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-05-27 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-06-02 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 1851.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-06-03 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2025-06-11 Referred to Com. on B. P. & E.D. referral-committee
• 2025-07-16 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (July 14). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2025-07-17 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2025-08-18 In committee: Referred to suspense file. referral-committee
• 2025-08-29 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 29). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-08-29 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-09-02 Ordered to special consent calendar.
• 2025-09-04 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2522.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-09-04 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
• 2025-09-08 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3030.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-09-15 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
• 2025-10-06 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2025-10-06 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 380, Statutes of 2025. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e3cb00c0-f694-4dba-a687-06e8e4ab87f7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).