republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20132014/sb-823.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Professions and vocations: licensure."
description: "(1) Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of accountants by the California Board of Accountancy in the Department of Consumer Affairs. Existing law prohibits a person from engaging in the practice of public accountancy in this state unless he or she holds either a valid permit issued by the board or a practice privilege, as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "SB 823"
citation: "California SB 823 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Professions and vocations: licensure."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Business, Professions and Economic Development"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 23
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2013-03-20"
last_action: "2013-10-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/84ebed81-1899-4038-8700-efe86ef4fb2e"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB823"
source_hash: "d2ccef49b0ed6f9b91f790c2e4cfca69b6757b3723892a66742b83b178a23c5a"
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 823 (20132014) — Professions and vocations: licensure.

(1) Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of accountants by the California Board of Accountancy in the Department of Consumer Affairs. Existing law prohibits a person from engaging in the practice of public accountancy in this state unless he or she holds either a valid permit issued by the board or a practice privilege, as specified.

## Version chain

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

1. **03/20/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB823&version=20130SB82399INT)
2. **05/23/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB823&version=20130SB82398AMD)
3. **06/13/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB823&version=20130SB82397AMD)
4. **09/06/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB823&version=20130SB82396AMD)
5. **10/01/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB823&version=20130SB82394CHP)
6. **SB823** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB823)
7. **09/17/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB823&version=20130SB82395ENR)

## Votes

- Unfinished Supp 1 SB823 Committee on B.P. & E.D. (Lieu) Urgency Clause Concurrence — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 823 B. P. & E.D. Third Reading Urgency By JONES-SAWYER — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading SB823 Committee on B.P. & E.D. (Price) Urgency Clause — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Committee on Business, Professions and Economic Development — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-03-20** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `reading-1, introduction`
- **2013-03-21** From printer. May be acted upon on or after April 20.
- **2013-04-03** Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-05** Set for hearing April 29.
- **2013-04-30** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 0. Page 734.) (April 29). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-05-01** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-05-06** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 806.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-05-06** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2013-05-20** Referred to Com. on B.,P. & C.P. `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-23** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B.,P. & C.P. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2013-06-11** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (June 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-06-13** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2013-07-03** Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2013-08-30** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 30). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-09-03** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-09-06** Read third time and amended. (Page 2948.) `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-09-06** Ordered to third reading.
- **2013-09-11** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 3175.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-09-11** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2013-09-11** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2383.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2013-09-20** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1 p.m.
- **2013-10-01** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2013-10-01** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 474, Statutes of 2013.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/84ebed81-1899-4038-8700-efe86ef4fb2e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).