California 2019 2019-2020 Regular Session

California Senate Bill SB878 Enrolled / Bill

Filed 09/04/2020

                    Enrolled  September 04, 2020 Passed IN  Senate  June 24, 2020 Passed IN  Assembly  August 30, 2020 Amended IN  Senate  June 18, 2020 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20192020 REGULAR SESSION Senate Bill No. 878Introduced by Senator JonesJanuary 22, 2020 An act to add Section 139.5 to the Business and Professions Code, relating to professions and vocations. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTSB 878, Jones. Department of Consumer Affairs: license: application: processing timeframes.Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of various professions and vocations by boards within the Department of Consumer Affairs.This bill, beginning July 1, 2021, would require each board within the department that issues licenses to prominently display on its internet website, on at least a quarterly basis, either the current average timeframes for processing initial and renewal license applications or the combined current average timeframe for processing both initial and renewal license applications. The bill would also require each board to prominently display on its internet website, on at least a quarterly basis, either the current average timeframes for processing each license type that the board administers or the combined current average timeframe for processing all license types that the board administers.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY  Appropriation: NO  Fiscal Committee: YES  Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 139.5 is added to the Business and Professions Code, to read:139.5. Beginning July 1, 2021, each board, as defined in Section 22, within the department that issues a license shall do both of the following on at least a quarterly basis:(a) Prominently display on its internet website one of the following:(1) The current average timeframes for processing initial and renewal license applications.(2) The combined current average timeframe for processing both initial and renewal license applications. (b) Prominently display on its internet website one of the following:(1) The current average timeframes for processing each license type that the board administers.(2) The combined current average timeframe for processing all license types that the board administers.

 Enrolled  September 04, 2020 Passed IN  Senate  June 24, 2020 Passed IN  Assembly  August 30, 2020 Amended IN  Senate  June 18, 2020 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20192020 REGULAR SESSION Senate Bill No. 878Introduced by Senator JonesJanuary 22, 2020 An act to add Section 139.5 to the Business and Professions Code, relating to professions and vocations. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTSB 878, Jones. Department of Consumer Affairs: license: application: processing timeframes.Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of various professions and vocations by boards within the Department of Consumer Affairs.This bill, beginning July 1, 2021, would require each board within the department that issues licenses to prominently display on its internet website, on at least a quarterly basis, either the current average timeframes for processing initial and renewal license applications or the combined current average timeframe for processing both initial and renewal license applications. The bill would also require each board to prominently display on its internet website, on at least a quarterly basis, either the current average timeframes for processing each license type that the board administers or the combined current average timeframe for processing all license types that the board administers.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY  Appropriation: NO  Fiscal Committee: YES  Local Program: NO 

 Enrolled  September 04, 2020 Passed IN  Senate  June 24, 2020 Passed IN  Assembly  August 30, 2020 Amended IN  Senate  June 18, 2020

Enrolled  September 04, 2020
Passed IN  Senate  June 24, 2020
Passed IN  Assembly  August 30, 2020
Amended IN  Senate  June 18, 2020

 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20192020 REGULAR SESSION

 Senate Bill 

No. 878

Introduced by Senator JonesJanuary 22, 2020

Introduced by Senator Jones
January 22, 2020

 An act to add Section 139.5 to the Business and Professions Code, relating to professions and vocations. 

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

SB 878, Jones. Department of Consumer Affairs: license: application: processing timeframes.

Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of various professions and vocations by boards within the Department of Consumer Affairs.This bill, beginning July 1, 2021, would require each board within the department that issues licenses to prominently display on its internet website, on at least a quarterly basis, either the current average timeframes for processing initial and renewal license applications or the combined current average timeframe for processing both initial and renewal license applications. The bill would also require each board to prominently display on its internet website, on at least a quarterly basis, either the current average timeframes for processing each license type that the board administers or the combined current average timeframe for processing all license types that the board administers.

Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of various professions and vocations by boards within the Department of Consumer Affairs.

This bill, beginning July 1, 2021, would require each board within the department that issues licenses to prominently display on its internet website, on at least a quarterly basis, either the current average timeframes for processing initial and renewal license applications or the combined current average timeframe for processing both initial and renewal license applications. The bill would also require each board to prominently display on its internet website, on at least a quarterly basis, either the current average timeframes for processing each license type that the board administers or the combined current average timeframe for processing all license types that the board administers.

## Digest Key

## Bill Text

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 139.5 is added to the Business and Professions Code, to read:139.5. Beginning July 1, 2021, each board, as defined in Section 22, within the department that issues a license shall do both of the following on at least a quarterly basis:(a) Prominently display on its internet website one of the following:(1) The current average timeframes for processing initial and renewal license applications.(2) The combined current average timeframe for processing both initial and renewal license applications. (b) Prominently display on its internet website one of the following:(1) The current average timeframes for processing each license type that the board administers.(2) The combined current average timeframe for processing all license types that the board administers.

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

## The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1. Section 139.5 is added to the Business and Professions Code, to read:139.5. Beginning July 1, 2021, each board, as defined in Section 22, within the department that issues a license shall do both of the following on at least a quarterly basis:(a) Prominently display on its internet website one of the following:(1) The current average timeframes for processing initial and renewal license applications.(2) The combined current average timeframe for processing both initial and renewal license applications. (b) Prominently display on its internet website one of the following:(1) The current average timeframes for processing each license type that the board administers.(2) The combined current average timeframe for processing all license types that the board administers.

SECTION 1. Section 139.5 is added to the Business and Professions Code, to read:

### SECTION 1.

139.5. Beginning July 1, 2021, each board, as defined in Section 22, within the department that issues a license shall do both of the following on at least a quarterly basis:(a) Prominently display on its internet website one of the following:(1) The current average timeframes for processing initial and renewal license applications.(2) The combined current average timeframe for processing both initial and renewal license applications. (b) Prominently display on its internet website one of the following:(1) The current average timeframes for processing each license type that the board administers.(2) The combined current average timeframe for processing all license types that the board administers.

139.5. Beginning July 1, 2021, each board, as defined in Section 22, within the department that issues a license shall do both of the following on at least a quarterly basis:(a) Prominently display on its internet website one of the following:(1) The current average timeframes for processing initial and renewal license applications.(2) The combined current average timeframe for processing both initial and renewal license applications. (b) Prominently display on its internet website one of the following:(1) The current average timeframes for processing each license type that the board administers.(2) The combined current average timeframe for processing all license types that the board administers.

139.5. Beginning July 1, 2021, each board, as defined in Section 22, within the department that issues a license shall do both of the following on at least a quarterly basis:(a) Prominently display on its internet website one of the following:(1) The current average timeframes for processing initial and renewal license applications.(2) The combined current average timeframe for processing both initial and renewal license applications. (b) Prominently display on its internet website one of the following:(1) The current average timeframes for processing each license type that the board administers.(2) The combined current average timeframe for processing all license types that the board administers.



139.5. Beginning July 1, 2021, each board, as defined in Section 22, within the department that issues a license shall do both of the following on at least a quarterly basis:

(a) Prominently display on its internet website one of the following:

(1) The current average timeframes for processing initial and renewal license applications.

(2) The combined current average timeframe for processing both initial and renewal license applications.

 (b) Prominently display on its internet website one of the following:

(1) The current average timeframes for processing each license type that the board administers.

(2) The combined current average timeframe for processing all license types that the board administers.