republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20212022/ab-298.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Accountancy: California Board of Accountancy."
description: "Existing law establishes the California Board of Accountancy in the Department of Consumer Affairs for the purpose of licensing and regulating the practice of accountancy and provides that the officers of the board are a president, vice president, and a secretary-treasurer. Existing law requires the president to preside at all meetings of the board, and in the event of the president's absence or inability to act, requires the vice president to preside."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "AB 298"
citation: "California AB 298 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Accountancy: California Board of Accountancy."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Irwin"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 24
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2021-01-25"
last_action: "2021-09-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/752db0a0-3b08-4fd8-9071-d1e115bbe3e7"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB298"
source_hash: "de7e0e892cb69a3046deff706456c886e3a05b01e9de8204a836d93fbc3ff45d"
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 298 (20212022) — Accountancy: California Board of Accountancy.

Existing law establishes the California Board of Accountancy in the Department of Consumer Affairs for the purpose of licensing and regulating the practice of accountancy and provides that the officers of the board are a president, vice president, and a secretary-treasurer. Existing law requires the president to preside at all meetings of the board, and in the event of the president's absence or inability to act, requires the vice president to preside.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/25/21 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB298&version=20210AB29899INT)
2. **03/30/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB298&version=20210AB29898AMD)
3. **06/17/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB298&version=20210AB29897AMD)
4. **09/24/21 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB298&version=20210AB29895CHP)
5. **AB298** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB298)
6. **09/03/21 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB298&version=20210AB29896ENR)

## Votes

- AB 298 Irwin Consent Calendar Second Day — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar AB298 — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 298 Irwin Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **18–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **12–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **10–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Irwin — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-25** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2021-01-26** From printer. May be heard in committee February 25.
- **2021-02-12** Referred to Com. on B. & P. `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-30** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on B. & P. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-04-05** Re-referred to Com. on B. & P. `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-07** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (April 6). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-21** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 21). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-22** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-04-29** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1250.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-05-03** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2021-05-12** Referred to Coms. on B., P. & E.D. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-07** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (June 7). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2021-06-16** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 15). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-06-17** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-06-30** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2021-07-15** From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2021-08-16** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-08-30** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2236.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-08-31** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 2 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2021-09-01** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Ayes 58. Noes 17. Page 2625.)
- **2021-09-01** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 2659.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-09-08** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2021-09-24** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-09-24** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 300, 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/752db0a0-3b08-4fd8-9071-d1e115bbe3e7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).