republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20112012/sb-539.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Nursing."
description: "(1) Existing law, until January 1, 2012, creates within the Department of Consumer Affairs, the Board of Vocational Nursing and Psychiatric Technicians of the State of California. Existing law, until January 1, 2012, requires the board to select an executive officer to perform duties delegated by the board. Under existing law, boards scheduled for repeal are required to be evaluated by the Joint Sunset Review Committee."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "SB 539"
citation: "California SB 539 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Nursing."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Price"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 27
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2011-02-17"
last_action: "2011-09-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d863b2ab-df8f-4ded-a049-0f9c45b9e29d"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB539"
source_hash: "c874a00cf3d8fb9ed6d0b8172f6c4f0c265c34ad0699be1c1812b2f03655b141"
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 SB 539 (20112012) — Nursing.

(1) Existing law, until January 1, 2012, creates within the Department of Consumer Affairs, the Board of Vocational Nursing and Psychiatric Technicians of the State of California. Existing law, until January 1, 2012, requires the board to select an executive officer to perform duties delegated by the board. Under existing law, boards scheduled for repeal are required to be evaluated by the Joint Sunset Review Committee.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/17/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB539&version=20110SB53999INT)
2. **04/25/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB539&version=20110SB53998AMD)
3. **05/09/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB539&version=20110SB53997AMD)
4. **06/09/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB539&version=20110SB53996AMD)
5. **09/26/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB539&version=20110SB53994CHP)
6. **SB539** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB539)
7. **09/08/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB539&version=20110SB53995ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Special Consent #3 — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Unfinished Business SB539 Price Concurrence — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 539 Price Senate Third Reading By CARTER — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **17–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Price — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-02-17** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2011-02-18** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 20.
- **2011-03-03** Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-04** Set for hearing April 25.
- **2011-04-11** Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2011-04-12** Set for hearing May 2.
- **2011-04-25** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-05-03** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 848.) (May 2). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-06** Set for hearing May 16.
- **2011-05-09** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-05-17** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 1013.) (May 16). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-18** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-05-18** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2011-05-23** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1066.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-05-23** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2011-06-02** Referred to Com. on B., P. & C.P. `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-09** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B., P. & C.P. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-06-28** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-07-13** Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2011-08-26** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 25). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-08-26** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-09-01** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 2778.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-09-02** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2011-09-07** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 2335.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2011-09-12** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2011-09-26** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2011-09-26** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 338, Statutes of 2011.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d863b2ab-df8f-4ded-a049-0f9c45b9e29d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).