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type: "Bill"
title: "Accountants."
description: "Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of accountants by the California Board of Accountancy in the Department of Consumer Affairs. Existing law requires an applicant for an accountancy license to complete a minimum of 24 semester units in accounting subjects and a minimum of 24 semester units in business-related subjects, or as calculated in quarter units. Existing law, on and after January 1, 2014, requires an applicant for an accountancy license to complete an additional 10 units in ethics study and 20 units in accounting study, and establishes an advisory committee to recommend to the board ethics study guidelines, to be adopted by the board by regulation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "SB 773"
citation: "California SB 773 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Accountants."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Negrete McLeod"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 32
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2011-02-18"
last_action: "2011-09-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9796c67b-e667-41d4-8936-72455fba42dd"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB773"
source_hash: "1c11e141ae59f4ebdf19428b55727d8d85da749484d21ddc14c42b59088512fc"
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 773 (20112012) — Accountants.
Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of accountants by the California Board of Accountancy in the Department of Consumer Affairs. Existing law requires an applicant for an accountancy license to complete a minimum of 24 semester units in accounting subjects and a minimum of 24 semester units in business-related subjects, or as calculated in quarter units. Existing law, on and after January 1, 2014, requires an applicant for an accountancy license to complete an additional 10 units in ethics study and 20 units in accounting study, and establishes an advisory committee to recommend to the board ethics study guidelines, to be adopted by the board by regulation.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **02/18/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB773&version=20110SB77399INT)
2. **03/24/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB773&version=20110SB77398AMD)
3. **04/14/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB773&version=20110SB77397AMD)
4. **06/20/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB773&version=20110SB77396AMD)
5. **06/28/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB773&version=20110SB77395AMD)
6. **08/15/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB773&version=20110SB77394AMD)
7. **09/26/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB773&version=20110SB77392CHP)
8. **SB773** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB773)
9. **09/02/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB773&version=20110SB77393ENR)
## Votes
- 3rd Reading SB773 Negrete McLeod — **380** (pass) · upper
- From committee: That the Assembly Amendments be concurred in. — **80** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **90** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **170** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **70** (pass) · lower
- SB 773 Negrete McLeod Senate Third Reading By HAYASHI — **6610** (pass) · lower
- SB773 Negrete McLeod Concurrence Concurrence — **380** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Negrete McLeod — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2011-02-18** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2011-02-20** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 22.
- **2011-03-10** Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-24** 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`
- **2011-03-25** Set for hearing April 11.
- **2011-04-06** Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2011-04-07** Set for hearing April 25.
- **2011-04-14** 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`
- **2011-04-26** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 737.) (April 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-04-29** Set for hearing May 9.
- **2011-05-10** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2011-05-11** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-05-19** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1036.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-05-19** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2011-05-27** Referred to Com. on B., P. & C.P. `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-20** 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** Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2011-06-28** 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`
- **2011-07-06** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 5). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-08-15** 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`
- **2011-08-18** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 17). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-08-22** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-08-25** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 66. Noes 10. Page 2587.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-08-25** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2011-08-29** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10. `referral-committee`
- **2011-08-29** From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10. (Ayes 4. Noes 0. Page 2079.) Re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2011-08-30** Set for hearing August 30.
- **2011-08-31** From committee: That the Assembly amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 8. Noes 0. Page 2215.) `committee-passage`
- **2011-09-01** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2237.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2011-09-09** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 9:45 a.m.
- **2011-09-26** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2011-09-26** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 344, Statutes of 2011.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9796c67b-e667-41d4-8936-72455fba42dd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).