republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20232024/ab-1862.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Engineering, land surveying, and architecture: limited liability partnerships."
description: "Existing law, the Professional Engineers Act and the Professional Land Surveyors' Act, provide for the licensure and regulation of engineers and land surveyors by the Board for Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors, and Geologists. Existing law, the Architects Practice Act, provides for the licensure and regulation of architects by the California Architects Board. Existing law, the Uniform Partnership Act of 1994, authorizes the formation of registered limited liability partnerships and foreign limited liability partnerships, as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "AB 1862"
citation: "California AB 1862 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Engineering", "land surveying", "and architecture", "limited liability partnerships"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chen"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 27
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2024-01-18"
last_action: "2024-09-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/025af46f-9300-4e37-94d7-ff4058642178"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1862"
source_hash: "2dbbb78a0ac39614d1fa224a3a0c00b736ed97359062fd4adc693d2d76c5dff6"
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 1862 (20232024) — Engineering, land surveying, and architecture: limited liability partnerships.

Existing law, the Professional Engineers Act and the Professional Land Surveyors' Act, provide for the licensure and regulation of engineers and land surveyors by the Board for Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors, and Geologists. Existing law, the Architects Practice Act, provides for the licensure and regulation of architects by the California Architects Board. Existing law, the Uniform Partnership Act of 1994, authorizes the formation of registered limited liability partnerships and foreign limited liability partnerships, as specified.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/18/24 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1862&version=20230AB186299INT)
2. **05/09/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1862&version=20230AB186298AMD)
3. **07/03/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1862&version=20230AB186297AMD)
4. **08/22/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1862&version=20230AB186296AMD)
5. **09/22/24 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1862&version=20230AB186294CHP)
6. **AB1862** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1862)
7. **09/04/24 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1862&version=20230AB186295ENR)

## Votes

- AB 1862 Chen Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 1862 Chen Assembly Third Reading — **68–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **12–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB1862 Chen By Wilk — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **17–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chen — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-18** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2024-01-19** From printer. May be heard in committee February 18.
- **2024-01-29** Referred to Com. on B. & P. `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-23** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (April 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2024-05-01** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (May 1). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-02** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-05-06** From Consent Calendar.
- **2024-05-06** Ordered to third reading.
- **2024-05-09** Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 5147.) `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-05-20** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 68. Noes 0. Page 5310.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-05-21** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2024-05-29** Referred to Coms. on B., P. & E. D. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-24** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (June 24). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2024-07-03** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (July 2). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2024-07-03** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-08-05** From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2024-08-06** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-08-12** From Consent Calendar.
- **2024-08-12** Ordered to third reading.
- **2024-08-22** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-08-26** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-08-29** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-08-30** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2024-08-30** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-09-11** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2024-09-22** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-09-22** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 361, Statutes of 2024. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/025af46f-9300-4e37-94d7-ff4058642178`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).