republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20172018/sb-1098.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Geologists and geophysicists: fees."
description: "Existing law, the Geologist and Geophysicist Act, provides for the registration and regulation of geologists and geophysicists by the Board for Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors, and Geologists. Existing law requires the board to fix various license, renewal, and document fees in accordance with a specified schedule. Existing law requires fees and civil penalties received pursuant to the act to be deposited in the Professional Engineer's, Land Surveyor's, and Geologist's Fund and continuously appropriates those funds to the board for purposes of the act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "SB 1098"
citation: "California SB 1098 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Geologists and geophysicists: fees."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cannella"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 23
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2018-02-13"
last_action: "2018-07-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f8f08f23-c596-4825-985d-6196cbf12d70"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1098"
source_hash: "4dd9f67f40da1977f9998e7f558d748ad3c60ad845c4a39661f079da874b299f"
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 1098 (20172018) — Geologists and geophysicists: fees.

Existing law, the Geologist and Geophysicist Act, provides for the registration and regulation of geologists and geophysicists by the Board for Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors, and Geologists. Existing law requires the board to fix various license, renewal, and document fees in accordance with a specified schedule. Existing law requires fees and civil penalties received pursuant to the act to be deposited in the Professional Engineer's, Land Surveyor's, and Geologist's Fund and continuously appropriates those funds to the board for purposes of the act.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/13/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1098&version=20170SB109899INT)
2. **04/12/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1098&version=20170SB109898AMD)
3. **07/20/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1098&version=20170SB109896CHP)
4. **SB1098** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1098)
5. **07/09/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1098&version=20170SB109897ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading SB1098 Cannella Reconsider — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 1098 Cannella Consent Calendar Second Day — **69–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading — **38–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cannella — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-13** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-14** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 16.
- **2018-02-22** Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-20** Set for hearing April 23.
- **2018-04-12** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2018-04-24** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 4783.) (April 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2018-05-14** Set for hearing May 22.
- **2018-05-22** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2018-05-23** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-05-29** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-05-29** Motion to reconsider made by Senator Cannella.
- **2018-05-29** Reconsideration granted. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 4336.)
- **2018-05-29** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4337.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-05-29** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2018-06-11** Referred to Com. on B. & P. `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-19** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (June 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2018-06-27** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (June 27). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-06-28** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-07-05** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 69. Noes 0. Page 6108.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-07-05** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2018-07-11** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2018-07-20** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-07-20** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 154, Statutes of 2018.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f8f08f23-c596-4825-985d-6196cbf12d70`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).