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type: "Bill"
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title: "Tax preparers."
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description: "Existing law, the Tax Preparation Act, requires a tax preparer to register with the California Tax Education Council, which is charged with carrying out regulatory responsibilities and duties under the act. Existing law subjects the act to review by the appropriate policy committees of the Legislature and repeals the act on January 1, 2024. Existing law makes a violation of the act a misdemeanor, except as specified."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20232024"
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identifier: "SB 812"
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citation: "California SB 812 (20232024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Tax preparers"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Roth"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 20
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2023-02-17"
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last_action: "2023-09-08"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3719694f-407f-4033-ab52-e2b0a8167c80"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB812"
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source_hash: "9015f69a85767781bfc87a391c28b1eb3d327e656732d25b61dc0c44e7d56cd5"
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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 812 (20232024) — Tax preparers.
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Existing law, the Tax Preparation Act, requires a tax preparer to register with the California Tax Education Council, which is charged with carrying out regulatory responsibilities and duties under the act. Existing law subjects the act to review by the appropriate policy committees of the Legislature and repeals the act on January 1, 2024. Existing law makes a violation of the act a misdemeanor, except as specified.
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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. **02/17/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB812&version=20230SB81299INT)
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2. **04/27/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB812&version=20230SB81298AMD)
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3. **09/08/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB812&version=20230SB81296CHP)
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4. **SB812** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB812)
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5. **08/25/23 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB812&version=20230SB81297ENR)
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## Votes
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- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **19–0** (pass) · lower
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- 3rd Reading SB812 Roth et al. — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **13–0** (pass) · upper
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- SB 812 Roth Consent Calendar Second Day — **73–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **15–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Roth — primary (person)
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- Berman — principal coauthor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-02-17** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2023-02-21** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 20.
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- **2023-03-01** Referred to Com. on B., P. & E. D. `referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-06** Set for hearing April 24.
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- **2023-04-26** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0. Page 854.) (April 24). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-04-27** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2023-05-02** Set for hearing May 8.
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- **2023-05-08** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
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- **2023-05-09** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2023-05-24** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1248.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2023-05-25** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
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- **2023-06-01** Referred to Com. on B. & P. `referral-committee`
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- **2023-07-11** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 19. Noes 0.) (July 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2023-08-16** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (August 16). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-08-17** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2023-08-24** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 2802.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2023-08-24** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
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- **2023-08-30** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
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- **2023-09-08** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2023-09-08** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 185, Statutes of 2023. `became-law`
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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/3719694f-407f-4033-ab52-e2b0a8167c80`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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