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type: "Bill"
title: "State agencies: licenses: fee waiver."
description: "Existing law requires various licenses to be obtained by a person before engaging in certain professions or vocations or business activities, including licensure as a healing arts professional by various boards within the Department of Consumer Affairs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20192020"
identifier: "SB 601"
citation: "California SB 601 (20192020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State agencies: licenses: fee waiver."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Morrell"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 28
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2019-02-22"
last_action: "2019-10-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a147ca41-3e88-40c8-9695-d7ef7e1ef8e7"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB601"
source_hash: "b39cc5ecf1f46b22f38772013fbe04d5046d3be6d4d8769ec3698b5885f2cfd4"
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 601 (20192020) — State agencies: licenses: fee waiver.
Existing law requires various licenses to be obtained by a person before engaging in certain professions or vocations or business activities, including licensure as a healing arts professional by various boards within the Department of Consumer Affairs.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **02/22/19 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB601&version=20190SB60199INT)
2. **03/28/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB601&version=20190SB60198AMD)
3. **06/27/19 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB601&version=20190SB60197AMD)
4. **10/12/19 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB601&version=20190SB60195CHP)
5. **SB601** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB601)
6. **09/06/19 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB601&version=20190SB60196ENR)
## Votes
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **190** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **170** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Business SB601 Morrell et al. Concurrence — **400** (pass) · upper
- Consent Calendar SB601 — **370** (pass) · upper
- SB 601 Morrell Consent Calendar Second Day — **670** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Governmental Organization] — **190** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Business, Professions and Economic Development] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **160** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **90** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Morrell — primary (person)
- Bates — coauthor (person)
- Borgeas — coauthor (person)
- Dahle — coauthor (person)
- Mathis — coauthor (person)
- Nielsen — coauthor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-02-22** Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction`
- **2019-02-25** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 27.
- **2019-02-25** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-14** Referred to Coms. on G.O. and B., P. & E.D. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-22** Set for hearing April 9.
- **2019-03-28** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on G.O. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-09** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on B., P. & E.D. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0. Page 620.) (April 9). Re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-11** Set for hearing April 22.
- **2019-04-23** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 769.) (April 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-05-03** Set for hearing May 13.
- **2019-05-13** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2019-05-14** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-05-16** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 1059.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-05-16** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2019-06-03** Referred to Coms. on B. & P. and G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-26** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on G.O. (Ayes 19. Noes 0.) (June 25). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2019-06-27** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on G.O. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-07-11** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 19. Noes 0.) (July 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-07-11** (Received at desk July 10 pursuant to JR 61(a)(10)).
- **2019-08-21** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 21). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2019-08-22** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-08-30** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 67. Noes 0. Page 2910.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-08-30** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2019-09-04** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2019-09-04** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2529.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-09-10** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2019-10-12** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-10-12** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 854, Statutes of 2019.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a147ca41-3e88-40c8-9695-d7ef7e1ef8e7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).