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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Structural pest control: certification: fumigation: penalties."
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description: "Existing law establishes the Structural Pest Control Board within the Department of Consumer Affairs to define, license, and regulate structural pest control operators and companies. Existing law authorizes the board to revoke, suspend, or deny a license under the Structural Pest Control Act and authorizes the director to levy a civil penalty against a person for any violation of the act. Existing law also authorizes county agricultural commissioners, among other things, to levy fines against Branch 1 registered companies for any major violations, as defined by the act. Existing law repeals the provisions relating to the board on January 1, 2019."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20172018"
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identifier: "SB 1481"
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citation: "California SB 1481 (20172018)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Structural pest control: certification: fumigation: penalties."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Hill"]
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version_count: 9
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action_count: 31
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vote_count: 9
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first_action: "2018-02-16"
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last_action: "2018-09-19"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e0b3e12f-2651-4a8f-8ddb-54b24d4416ce"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1481"
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source_hash: "b432a101b4e3de95751d4fd503ae518b270e791408082c6fd7008cba1ff5a45b"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
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---
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# California SB 1481 (20172018) — Structural pest control: certification: fumigation: penalties.
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Existing law establishes the Structural Pest Control Board within the Department of Consumer Affairs to define, license, and regulate structural pest control operators and companies. Existing law authorizes the board to revoke, suspend, or deny a license under the Structural Pest Control Act and authorizes the director to levy a civil penalty against a person for any violation of the act. Existing law also authorizes county agricultural commissioners, among other things, to levy fines against Branch 1 registered companies for any major violations, as defined by the act. Existing law repeals the provisions relating to the board on January 1, 2019.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **02/16/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1481&version=20170SB148199INT)
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2. **04/19/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1481&version=20170SB148198AMD)
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3. **05/16/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1481&version=20170SB148197AMD)
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4. **06/18/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1481&version=20170SB148196AMD)
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5. **08/20/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1481&version=20170SB148195AMD)
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6. **08/24/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1481&version=20170SB148194AMD)
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7. **09/19/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1481&version=20170SB148192CHP)
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8. **SB1481** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1481)
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9. **09/07/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1481&version=20170SB148193ENR)
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## Votes
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- 3rd Reading — **38–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **6–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **9–0** (pass) · upper
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- Unfinished Business SB1481 Hill et al. Concurrence — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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- SB 1481 Hill Senate Third Reading By LOW — **80–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass as amended. — **12–0** (pass) · lower
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- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials] — **17–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Hill — primary (person)
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- Low — coauthor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-02-16** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2018-02-20** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 22.
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- **2018-03-08** Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `referral-committee`
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- **2018-03-20** Set for hearing April 23.
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- **2018-04-19** 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`
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- **2018-04-24** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 4784.) (April 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2018-05-14** Set for hearing May 22.
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- **2018-05-16** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
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- **2018-05-22** May 22 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
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- **2018-05-23** Set for hearing May 25.
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- **2018-05-25** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 4311.) (May 25). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2018-05-25** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2018-05-29** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 4357.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2018-05-29** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
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- **2018-06-11** Referred to Coms. on B. & P. and E.S. & T.M. `referral-committee`
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- **2018-06-18** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B. & P. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
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- **2018-06-19** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on E.S. & T.M. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (June 19). Re-referred to Com. on E.S. & T.M. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2018-06-27** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2018-08-08** August 8 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
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- **2018-08-16** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (August 16). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
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- **2018-08-20** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2`
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- **2018-08-21** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2018-08-24** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
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- **2018-08-24** Ordered to third reading.
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- **2018-08-30** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 6978.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2018-08-30** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
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- **2018-08-31** Ordered to special consent calendar.
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- **2018-08-31** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 6116.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
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- **2018-09-12** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 5 p.m.
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- **2018-09-19** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2018-09-19** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 572, Statutes of 2018.
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e0b3e12f-2651-4a8f-8ddb-54b24d4416ce`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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