republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20212022/ab-1010.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Architects: continuing education."
description: "Existing law, the Architects Practice Act, provides for the licensure and regulation of architects by the California Architects Board. Existing law requires a person licensed to practice architecture to complete, as a condition of license renewal, 5 hours of coursework regarding disability access requirements and provides that the coursework shall be presented by trainers or educators with knowledge and expertise in these requirements. Existing law further requires the board to promulgate regulations to establish qualifications for courses and course providers by January 1, 2023."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "AB 1010"
citation: "California AB 1010 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Architects: continuing education."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Berman"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 22
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2021-02-18"
last_action: "2021-09-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6957e4e0-12c5-4600-9259-226273f769b4"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1010"
source_hash: "56f753430f165e0ecd40f524d976ae16a1bc29e9f02993037b734fe6b31cd743"
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 AB 1010 (20212022) — Architects: continuing education.

Existing law, the Architects Practice Act, provides for the licensure and regulation of architects by the California Architects Board. Existing law requires a person licensed to practice architecture to complete, as a condition of license renewal, 5 hours of coursework regarding disability access requirements and provides that the coursework shall be presented by trainers or educators with knowledge and expertise in these requirements. Existing law further requires the board to promulgate regulations to establish qualifications for courses and course providers by January 1, 2023.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/18/21 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1010&version=20210AB101099INT)
2. **03/24/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1010&version=20210AB101098AMD)
3. **06/08/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1010&version=20210AB101097AMD)
4. **09/16/21 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1010&version=20210AB101095CHP)
5. **AB1010** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1010)
6. **09/07/21 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1010&version=20210AB101096ENR)

## Votes

- AB 1010 Berman Assembly Third Reading — **72–2** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB1010 Berman By Becker — **31–6** (pass) · upper
- Do pass — **5–1** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 1010 Berman Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **71–1** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **10–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Berman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-18** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2021-02-19** From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
- **2021-03-04** Referred to Com. on B. & P. `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-23** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (March 23). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-24** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-03-25** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-14** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 14). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-15** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-04-19** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 2. Page 1069.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-04-19** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2021-05-12** Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-07** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 1.) (June 7). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-06-08** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-06-21** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (June 21). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-22** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-09-01** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 31. Noes 6. Page 2283.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-09-01** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 3 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2021-09-02** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Ayes 57. Noes 14. Page 2703.)
- **2021-09-02** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 71. Noes 1. Page 2739.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-09-10** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2021-09-16** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-09-16** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 176, Statutes of 2021. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6957e4e0-12c5-4600-9259-226273f769b4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).