California Senate Bill 1203

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5)
Status: Passed on September 30 2026 - 100% progression
Action: 2026-09-30 - Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 1016, Statutes of 2026.
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

An act to amend Section 7587.7 of, to amend, repeal, and add Sections 7574.18, 7574.30, 7574.37, 7574.38, 7583.2, 7583.5, 7583.6, 7583.7, and 7587.8 of, and to add Section 7583.48 to, the Business and Professions Code, relating to professions and vocations.

Security services.

Sen. Lola Smallwood-Cuevas [D]	Asm. Dawn Addis [D]	Sen. Bob Archuleta [D]	Asm. Ash Kalra [D]
Asm. Alex Lee [D]

2026-08-31 - Assembly - SB 1203 Smallwood-Cuevas Senate Third Reading By Haney (Y: 58 N: 19 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2026-08-31 - Senate - W/O REF. TO FILE SB1203 Smallwood-Cuevas (Y: 30 N: 10 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2026-08-13 - Assembly - Do pass as amended (Y: 10 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2026-06-30 - Assembly - Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] (Y: 5 N: 2 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2026-06-24 - Assembly - Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Public Safety] (Y: 5 N: 2 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2026-06-16 - Assembly - Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Labor and Employment] (Y: 11 N: 4 NV: 0 Abs: 4) [PASS]
2026-05-27 - Senate - Senate 3rd Reading SB1203 Smallwood-Cuevas (Y: 25 N: 8 NV: 0 Abs: 7) [PASS]
2026-05-14 - Senate - Do pass (Y: 5 N: 2 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2026-05-04 - Senate - Placed on suspense file (Y: 7 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2026-04-21 - Senate - Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] (Y: 4 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2026-04-13 - Senate - Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Public Safety] (Y: 6 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 5) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2026-09-30		Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 1016, Statutes of 2026.
2026-09-30		Approved by the Governor.
2026-09-10		Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
2026-08-31	Senate	Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 29. Noes 10.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
2026-08-31	Senate	Unanimous consent granted to take up without reference to file.
2026-08-31	Senate	In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2026-08-31	Assembly	Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 58. Noes 19. Page 7017.) Ordered to the Senate.
2026-08-28	Assembly	Ordered to third reading.
2026-08-28	Assembly	Read third time and amended.
2026-08-27	Assembly	Joint Rule 61(b)(16) suspended. (Ayes 58. Noes 1. Page 6727.)
2026-08-18	Assembly	Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2026-08-17	Assembly	Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
2026-08-17	Assembly	From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 10. Noes 3.) (August 13).
2026-08-17	Assembly	Assembly Rule 63 suspended.
2026-08-05	Assembly	August 5 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
2026-07-01	Assembly	From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (June 30). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2026-06-25	Assembly	From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (June 24). Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S.
2026-06-25	Assembly	Coauthors revised.
2026-06-16	Assembly	From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on L. & E. (Ayes 11. Noes 4.) (June 16). Re-referred to Com. on L. & E.
2026-06-16	Assembly	Coauthors revised.
2026-06-04	Assembly	Referred to Coms. on B. & P., PUB. S., and L. & E.
2026-05-27	Assembly	In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
2026-05-27	Senate	Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 25. Noes 8. Page 4487.) Ordered to the Assembly.
2026-05-20	Senate	Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2026-05-19	Senate	Ordered to second reading.
2026-05-19	Senate	Read third time and amended.
2026-05-14	Senate	Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2026-05-14	Senate	From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 4269.) (May 14).
2026-05-08	Senate	Set for hearing May 14.
2026-05-04	Senate	May 4 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2026-04-24	Senate	Set for hearing May 4.
2026-04-22	Senate	From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 1. Page 3983.) (April 21). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2026-04-14	Senate	Set for hearing April 21 in PUB. S. pending receipt.
2026-04-13	Senate	From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 3841.) (April 13). Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S.
2026-04-09	Senate	From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B. P. & E.D.
2026-04-09	Senate	Set for hearing April 13.
2026-04-08	Senate	Re-referred to Coms. on B. P. & E.D. and PUB. S.
2026-03-23	Senate	From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS.
2026-03-04	Senate	Referred to Com. on RLS.
2026-02-20	Senate	From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 22.
2026-02-19	Senate	Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

Chapter	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
Business and Professions Code	7574.18	Amended Code	Citation Text
Business and Professions Code	7574.30	Amended Code	Citation Text
Business and Professions Code	7574.37	New Code	See Bill Text
Business and Professions Code	7574.38	Amended Code	Citation Text
Business and Professions Code	7583.2	Amended Code	Citation Text
Business and Professions Code	7583.5	Amended Code	Citation Text
Business and Professions Code	7583.6	Amended Code	Citation Text
Business and Professions Code	7583.7	New Code	See Bill Text
Business and Professions Code	7587.7	Amended Code	Citation Text
Business and Professions Code	7587.8	New Code	See Bill Text

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