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CA AB 742

vetoed

Department of Consumer Affairs: licensing: applicants who are descendants of slaves.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did CA AB 742 pass?

No. CA AB 742 passed the legislature but was vetoed on 2026-01-22. Latest recorded action (2026-01-22): Consideration of Governor's veto stricken from file.

What is CA AB 742 about?

Existing law establishes the Department of Consumer Affairs, which is composed of specified boards that license and regulate various professions. Existing law requires those boards to expedite the licensure process for an applicant who holds a current license in another jurisdiction in the same profession or vocation and supplies evidence that they are married to or in a domestic partnership or other legal union with an active duty member of the Armed Forces of the United States who is assigned to a duty station in this state under official active duty military orders. This bill would require those boards to expedite applications for applicants seeking licensure who are descendants of American slaves once a process to certify descendants of American slaves is implemented, as specified. This bill would make these provisions operative only if SB 518 of the 2025–26 Regular Session is enacted establishing the Bureau for Descendants of American Slavery, and would make these provisions operative when the certification process is implemented pursuant to that measure. The bill would repeal these provisions 4 years from the date on which they become operative or on January 1, 2032, whichever is earlier.

Who sponsors CA AB 742?

Elhawary is the primary sponsor of CA AB 742, joined by 11 cosponsors.

Description

Existing law establishes the Department of Consumer Affairs, which is composed of specified boards that license and regulate various professions. Existing law requires those boards to expedite the licensure process for an applicant who holds a current license in another jurisdiction in the same profession or vocation and supplies evidence that they are married to or in a domestic partnership or other legal union with an active duty member of the Armed Forces of the United States who is assigned to a duty station in this state under official active duty military orders. This bill would require those boards to expedite applications for applicants seeking licensure who are descendants of American slaves once a process to certify descendants of American slaves is implemented, as specified. This bill would make these provisions operative only if SB 518 of the 2025–26 Regular Session is enacted establishing the Bureau for Descendants of American Slavery, and would make these provisions operative when the certification process is implemented pursuant to that measure. The bill would repeal these provisions 4 years from the date on which they become operative or on January 1, 2032, whichever is earlier.

Introduced
2025-03-13
Latest action
2026-01-22 — Consideration of Governor's veto stricken from file.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Elhawaryauthor
  • Bontaprincipal coauthor
  • Bryanprincipal coauthor
  • Gipsonprincipal coauthor
  • Jacksonprincipal coauthor
  • McKinnorprincipal coauthor
  • Sharp-Collinsprincipal coauthor
  • Wilsonprincipal coauthor
  • Richardsonprincipal coauthor
  • Smallwood-Cuevasprincipal coauthor
  • Weber Piersonprincipal coauthor
  • Lowenthalcoauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-02-18

    Read first time. To print.

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  2. 2025-02-19

    From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.

  3. 2025-03-03

    Referred to Coms. on B. & P. and JUD.

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  4. 2025-03-13

    From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on B. & P. Read second time and amended.

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  5. 2025-03-17

    Re-referred to Com. on B. & P.

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  6. 2025-04-08

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 12. Noes 2.) (April 8). Re-referred to Com. on JUD.

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  7. 2025-04-08

    Coauthors revised.

  8. 2025-04-30

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 2.) (April 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  9. 2025-05-07

    In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.

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  10. 2025-05-23

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 3.) (May 23).

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  11. 2025-05-27

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  12. 2025-06-03

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 57. Noes 14. Page 2031.)

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  13. 2025-06-04

    In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

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  14. 2025-06-18

    Referred to Coms. on B. P. & E.D. and JUD.

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  15. 2025-07-02

    From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on B. P. & E.D.

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  16. 2025-07-07

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 8. Noes 2.) (July 7). Re-referred to Com. on JUD.

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  17. 2025-07-16

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 1.) (July 15). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  18. 2025-08-18

    In committee: Referred to suspense file.

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  19. 2025-08-29

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  20. 2025-08-29

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 29).

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  21. 2025-09-09

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 30. Noes 9. Page 2734.).

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  22. 2025-09-09

    In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.

  23. 2025-09-10

    Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 59. Noes 16. Page 3200.).

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  24. 2025-09-22

    Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.

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  25. 2025-10-13

    Vetoed by Governor.

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  26. 2025-10-13

    Consideration of Governor's veto pending.

  27. 2026-01-22

    Consideration of Governor's veto stricken from file.

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Versions

  • 02/18/25 - Introduced — 2025-02-18Compare
  • 03/13/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-03-13Compare
  • 07/02/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-07-02Compare
  • 09/12/25 - Enrolled — 2025-09-12Compare
  • AB742Compare
  • (document, no version)Compare

Documents

Votes

  • Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary]

    2025-04-08 · pass · 12-2

    Member-level votes (18)
    • Berman: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Irwin: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Bains: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Nguyen: yes
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Hadwick: no
    • Macedo: no
    • Flora: other
    • Bauer-Kahan: other
    • Alanis: other
    • Chen: other

  • Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]

    2025-04-29 · pass · 8-2

    Member-level votes (12)
    • Papan: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Macedo: no
    • Sanchez: no
    • Dixon: other
    • Bauer-Kahan: other

  • Do pass.

    2025-05-23 · pass · 11-3

    Member-level votes (15)
    • Calderon: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Ta: no
    • Dixon: no
    • Tangipa: no
    • Sanchez: other

  • AB 742 Elhawary Assembly Third Reading

    2025-06-04 · pass · 57-14

    Member-level votes (79)
    • Berman: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • Celeste Rodriguez: yes
    • Bonta: yes
    • Rivas: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Valencia: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Bennett: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Quirk-Silva: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Muratsuchi: yes
    • Soria: yes
    • Ávila Farías: yes
    • Gabriel: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Nguyen: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Bains: yes
    • Addis: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • Ortega: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Patel: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • Irwin: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Boerner: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Gipson: yes
    • McKinnor: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Alvarez: yes
    • Petrie-Norris: yes
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Schultz: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Davies: no
    • Jeff Gonzalez: no
    • Ta: no
    • Tangipa: no
    • Ellis: no
    • Hadwick: no
    • Patterson: no
    • Gallagher: no
    • Wallis: no
    • Castillo: no
    • Hoover: no
    • DeMaio: no
    • Dixon: no
    • Macedo: no
    • Sanchez: other
    • Alanis: other
    • Schiavo: other
    • Blanca Rubio: other
    • Lackey: other
    • Flora: other
    • Chen: other
    • Michelle Rodriguez: other

  • Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary]

    2025-07-07 · pass · 8-2

    Member-level votes (11)
    • Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
    • Menjivar: yes
    • Archuleta: yes
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Umberg: yes
    • Weber Pierson: yes
    • Strickland: no
    • Choi: no
    • Niello: other

  • Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]

    2025-07-15 · pass · 11-1

    Member-level votes (13)
    • Caballero: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Wiener: yes
    • Laird: yes
    • Umberg: yes
    • Weber Pierson: yes
    • Stern: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Durazo: yes
    • Niello: no
    • Valladares: other

  • Placed on suspense file

    2025-08-18 · pass · 7-0

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Richardson: yes
    • Seyarto: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Dahle: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Grayson: yes

  • Do pass

    2025-08-29 · pass · 5-2

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Richardson: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Dahle: no
    • Seyarto: no

  • 3rd Reading AB742 Elhawary et al. By Weber Pierson

    2025-09-09 · pass · 30-9

    Member-level votes (40)
    • Richardson: yes
    • Menjivar: yes
    • Cortese: yes
    • Weber Pierson: yes
    • McNerney: yes
    • Stern: yes
    • Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
    • Becker: yes
    • McGuire: yes
    • Cervantes: yes
    • Hurtado: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Rubio: yes
    • Durazo: yes
    • Laird: yes
    • Padilla: yes
    • Limón: yes
    • Pérez: yes
    • Reyes: yes
    • Archuleta: yes
    • Wiener: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Gonzalez: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Umberg: yes
    • Blakespear: yes
    • Niello: no
    • Ochoa Bogh: no
    • Dahle: no
    • Grove: no
    • Jones: no
    • Seyarto: no
    • Strickland: no
    • Choi: no
    • Alvarado-Gil: no
    • Valladares: other

  • AB 742 Elhawary Concurrence in Senate Amendments

    2025-09-11 · pass · 59-16

    Member-level votes (80)
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Quirk-Silva: yes
    • Gipson: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Addis: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Bains: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Soria: yes
    • Michelle Rodriguez: yes
    • Berman: yes
    • Valencia: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Celeste Rodriguez: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Schultz: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Bennett: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Ávila Farías: yes
    • Bonta: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Boerner: yes
    • Alvarez: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Nguyen: yes
    • Ortega: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Blanca Rubio: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Petrie-Norris: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Gabriel: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • McKinnor: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Muratsuchi: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Irwin: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Patel: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Rivas: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Johnson: no
    • Dixon: no
    • Hoover: no
    • Hadwick: no
    • Macedo: no
    • Alanis: no
    • Gallagher: no
    • Jeff Gonzalez: no
    • Sanchez: no
    • Ta: no
    • Castillo: no
    • Ellis: no
    • Davies: no
    • Wallis: no
    • Patterson: no
    • DeMaio: no
    • Tangipa: other
    • Lackey: other
    • Schiavo: other
    • Chen: other
    • Flora: other

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