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California Legislature · 2017-2018 Regular Session

SB 559

Chaptered

Private Investigator Act: license: limited liability company

Author: Mike Morrell (R-SD23)
Latest action: Chaptered (Oct 7, 2017) Chapter 569, Statutes of 2017
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Also in: 2025-2026 (Amended Senate) · 2023-2024 (Amended Senate) · 2021-2022 (Chaptered) · 2019-2020 (Enrolled)

Version history

9 versions — latest: Chaptered (Oct 7, 2017)

Action history

  1. Feb 16, 2017 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. Senate
  2. Feb 17, 2017 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 19. Senate
  3. Mar 2, 2017 Referred to Coms. on B., P. & E.D. and JUD. Senate
  4. Mar 14, 2017 Set for hearing March 27. Senate
  5. Mar 27, 2017 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 488.) (March 27). Senate
  6. Mar 28, 2017 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. Senate
  7. Apr 4, 2017 Set for hearing April 18. Senate
  8. Apr 6, 2017 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. Senate
  9. Apr 20, 2017 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 747.) (April 18). Senate
  10. Apr 24, 2017 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. Senate
  11. May 1, 2017 Set for hearing May 8. Senate
  12. May 3, 2017 May 8 hearing postponed by committee. Senate
  13. May 4, 2017 Set for hearing May 15. Senate
  14. May 15, 2017 May 15 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file. Senate
  15. May 19, 2017 Set for hearing May 25. Senate
  16. May 25, 2017 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 1187.) (May 25). Senate
  17. May 26, 2017 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. Senate
  18. May 26, 2017 Ordered to special consent calendar. Senate
  19. May 31, 2017 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 1357.) Ordered to the Assembly. Senate
  20. Jun 1, 2017 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. Assembly
  21. Jun 15, 2017 Referred to Coms. on B. & P. and JUD. Assembly
  22. Jul 3, 2017 Assembly Rule 56 suspended. Assembly
  23. Jul 3, 2017 Joint Rule 62(a) suspended. Assembly
  24. Jul 10, 2017 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (July 10). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. Assembly
  25. Jul 17, 2017 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (July 11). Assembly
  26. Jul 18, 2017 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. Assembly
  27. Aug 23, 2017 August 23 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file. Assembly
  28. Sep 1, 2017 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (September 1). Assembly
  29. Sep 5, 2017 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. Assembly
  30. Sep 6, 2017 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. Assembly
  31. Sep 7, 2017 Ordered to third reading. Assembly
  32. Sep 7, 2017 Read third time and amended. Assembly
  33. Sep 13, 2017 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 76. Noes 2. Page 3272.) Ordered to the Senate. Assembly
  34. Sep 14, 2017 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending. Senate
  35. Sep 14, 2017 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2928.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. Senate
  36. Sep 21, 2017 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 5:30 p.m. Governor
  37. Oct 7, 2017 Approved by the Governor. Governor
  38. Oct 7, 2017 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 569, Statutes of 2017. Secretary of State

Votes recorded

3 votes
Sep 14, 2017 · Senate Floor
Unfinished Business SB559 Morrell Concurrence
Tally
40 · 0 · 0
PASS
Democrat
27/0/0
Republican
13/0/0
Other
0/0/0
Aye (40)
Benjamin Allen (D-SD26) Toni Atkins (D-SD39) Jim Beall (D-SD15) Steven Bradford (D-SD35) Kevin De León (D-SD24) Bill Dodd (D-SD03) Cathleen Galgiani (D-SD05) Steven Glazer (D-SD07) Ed Hernandez (D-SD22) Robert Hertzberg (D-SD18) Jerry Hill (D-SD13) Ben Hueso (D-SD40) Hannah-Beth Jackson (D-SD19) Ricardo Lara (D-SD33) Connie Leyva (D-SD20) Mike McGuire (D-SD02) Tony Mendoza (D-SD32) Holly Mitchell (D-SD30) Bill Monning (D-SD17) Josh Newman (D-SD29) Richard Pan (D-SD06) Anthony Portantino (D-SD25) Richard Roth (D-SD31) Nancy Skinner (D-SD09) Henry Stern (D-SD27) Bob Wieckowski (D-SD10) Scott Wiener (D-SD11) Joel Anderson (R-SD38) Patricia Bates (R-SD36) Tom Berryhill (R-SD08) Anthony Cannella (R-SD12) Jean Fuller (R-SD16) Ted Gaines (R-SD01) John Moorlach (R-SD37) Mike Morrell (R-SD23) Janet Nguyen (R-SD34) Jim Nielsen (R-SD04) Jeff Stone (R-SD28) Andy Vidak (R-SD14) Scott Wilk (R-SD21)
Sep 13, 2017 · Assembly Floor
SB 559 Morrell Senate Third Reading By KILEY
Tally
76 · 2 · 1
PASS
Democrat
50/2/1
Republican
25/0/0
Other
1/0/0
Aye (76)
Cecilia Aguiar-Curry (D-AD04) Joaquin Arambula (D-AD31) Marc Berman (D-AD24) Richard Bloom (D-AD50) Raul Bocanegra (D-AD39) Rob Bonta (D-AD18) Autumn Burke (D-AD62) Anna Caballero (D-AD30) Ian Charles Calderon (D-AD57) Sabrina Cervantes (D-AD60) Ed Chau (D-AD49) David Chiu (D-AD17) Kansen Chu (D-AD25) Ken Cooley (D-AD08) Jim Cooper (D-AD09) Cristina Garcia (D-AD58) Matthew Dababneh (D-AD45) Tom Daly (D-AD69) Eduardo Garcia (D-AD56) Susan Talamantes Eggman (D-AD13) Laura Friedman (D-AD43) Mike Gipson (D-AD64) Todd Gloria (D-AD78) Adam Gray (D-AD21) Timothy Grayson (D-AD14) Chris Holden (D-AD41) Jacqui Irwin (D-AD44) Ash Kalra (D-AD27) Marc Levine (D-AD10) Monique Limón (D-AD37) Evan Low (D-AD28) Mark Stone (D-AD29) Kevin McCarty (D-AD07) Jose Medina (D-AD61) Kevin Mullin (D-AD22) Al Muratsuchi (D-AD66) Patrick O'Donnell (D-AD70) Bill Quirk (D-AD20) Sharon Quirk-Silva (D-AD65) Anthony Rendon (D-AD63) Eloise Gómez Reyes (D-AD47) Sebastian Ridley-Thomas (D-AD54) Freddie Rodriguez (D-AD52) Blanca Rubio (D-AD48) Rudy Salas (D-AD32) Miguel Santiago (D-AD53) Tony Thurmond (D-AD15) Philip Ting (D-AD19) Shirley Weber (D-AD79) Jim Wood (D-AD02) Dante Acosta (R-AD38) Catharine Baker (R-AD16) Franklin Bigelow (R-AD05) William Brough (R-AD73) Rocky Chávez (R-AD76) Phillip Chen (R-AD55) Steven Choi (R-AD68) Jordan Cunningham (R-AD35) Brian Dahle (R-AD01) Heath Flora (R-AD12) Vince Fong (R-AD34) James Gallagher (R-AD03) Matthew Harper (R-AD74) Kevin Kiley (R-AD06) Tom Lackey (R-AD36) Brian Maienschein (R-AD77) Devon Mathis (R-AD26) Chad Mayes (R-AD42) Melissa Melendez (R-AD67) Jay Obernolte (R-AD33) Jim Patterson (R-AD23) Marc Steinorth (R-AD40) Travis Allen (R-AD72) Randy Voepel (R-AD71) Marie Waldron (R-AD75) Gonzalez Fletcher
No (2)
Abstain / Other (1)
Adrin Nazarian (D-AD46)
May 31, 2017 · Senate Floor
Special Consent Calendar # SB559
Tally
40 · 0 · 0
PASS
Democrat
27/0/0
Republican
13/0/0
Other
0/0/0
Aye (40)
Benjamin Allen (D-SD26) Toni Atkins (D-SD39) Jim Beall (D-SD15) Steven Bradford (D-SD35) Kevin De León (D-SD24) Bill Dodd (D-SD03) Cathleen Galgiani (D-SD05) Steven Glazer (D-SD07) Ed Hernandez (D-SD22) Robert Hertzberg (D-SD18) Jerry Hill (D-SD13) Ben Hueso (D-SD40) Hannah-Beth Jackson (D-SD19) Ricardo Lara (D-SD33) Connie Leyva (D-SD20) Mike McGuire (D-SD02) Tony Mendoza (D-SD32) Holly Mitchell (D-SD30) Bill Monning (D-SD17) Josh Newman (D-SD29) Richard Pan (D-SD06) Anthony Portantino (D-SD25) Richard Roth (D-SD31) Nancy Skinner (D-SD09) Henry Stern (D-SD27) Bob Wieckowski (D-SD10) Scott Wiener (D-SD11) Joel Anderson (R-SD38) Patricia Bates (R-SD36) Tom Berryhill (R-SD08) Anthony Cannella (R-SD12) Jean Fuller (R-SD16) Ted Gaines (R-SD01) John Moorlach (R-SD37) Mike Morrell (R-SD23) Janet Nguyen (R-SD34) Jim Nielsen (R-SD04) Jeff Stone (R-SD28) Andy Vidak (R-SD14) Scott Wilk (R-SD21)

Lobbying activity

FPPC lobbying disclosures whose activity descriptions mention SB 559, scoped to filings whose coverage period extends through or beyond this bill's introduction date.

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Period Form Filer Firm / Employer Lobbying Activity Filing
01/01/2019–03/31/2019 Employer Report FRESNO; COUNTY OF AB 229, AB 408, SB 438, & SB 559. #2377928
01/01/2019–03/31/2019 Employer Report FRIANT WATER AUTHORITY SB 559; SB 487; SB 200; AB 217 #2379015
01/01/2019–03/31/2019 Employer Report KERN; COUNTY OF SB 246, SB 559, High Speed Rail, Child Support Funding. #2372833
01/01/2019–03/31/2019 Employer Report KERN COUNTY WATER AGENCY KERN COUNTY WATER AGENCY LEGISLATURE RE: CALIFORNIA WATERFIX; AB 1194; SB 204, 559, 669; LEGISLATURE RE: 2019-2020 STATE BUDGET RE: WATER TAX #2377965
01/01/2019–03/31/2019 Employer Report MILK PRODUCERS COUNCIL AB417, AB479, AB636, AB637, AB638, SB62, SB559 #2376511
01/01/2019–03/31/2019 Employer Report REGIONAL WATER AUTHORITY AB 60, 134, 217,533, 658, 756, 1204, 1414, 1415, SB 19, 69, 134, 200, 332, 414, 474, 559, 669, 779 #2373240
01/01/2019–03/31/2019 Employer Report SOUTH VALLEY WATER ASSOCIATION ACA 3 (Water/State budget); Board action; general water issues; voluntary settlement agreements; SGMA; water availability/quality; SB 559; Safe Drinking Water. #2378109
01/01/2019–03/31/2019 Employer Report TULARE, COUNTY OF TULARE, COUNTY OF AB 215, & SB 559. #2375308
Period Form Employer Firm / Filer Fees Reimb. Period Total Cumulative Lobbying Activity Filing
01/01/2019–03/31/2019 Firm Activity (payments) FRESNO, COUNTY OF SHAW / YODER / ANTWIH, INC. $23,342 $0 $23,342 $23,342 AB 229, AB 408, SB 438, & SB 559. #2377606
01/01/2019–03/31/2019 Firm Activity (payments) FRIANT WATER AUTHORITY VILLINES GROUP, LLC $9,000 $0 $9,000 $9,000 SB 559; SB 487; SB 200; AB 217 #2378002
01/01/2019–03/31/2019 Firm Activity (payments) KERN, COUNTY OF SHAW / YODER / ANTWIH, INC. $18,450 $0 $18,450 $18,450 SB 246, & SB 559. #2377606
01/01/2019–03/31/2019 Firm Activity (payments) KERN COUNTY WATER AGENCY GUALCO GROUP, INC., THE $22,000 $410 $22,410 $22,410 AB 1194; SB 204, 559, 669; LEGISLATURE RE: STATE BUDGET RE: WATER TAX #2376899
01/01/2019–03/31/2019 Firm Activity (payments) MILK PRODUCERS COUNCIL NIELSEN MERKSAMER PARRINELLO GROSS & LEONI LLP $9,000 $0 $9,000 $9,000 AB 417, 479, 636, 637, 638; SB 62, 559 #2381152
01/01/2019–03/31/2019 Firm Activity (payments) REGIONAL WATER AUTHORITY FERNANDEZ CERVANTES GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS $30,000 $0 $30,000 $30,000 AB 60, 134, 217, 533, 658, 756, 1204, 1414, 1415, SB 19, 69, 134, 200, 332, 414, 474, 559, 669, 779 #2381529
01/01/2019–03/31/2019 Firm Activity (payments) South Valley Water Association KAHN, SOARES & CONWAY, LLP $9,000 $207 $9,207 $9,207 ACA 3 (Water/State budget); Board action; general water issues; voluntary settlement agreements; SGMA; water availability/quality; SB 559; Safe Drinking Water. #2378068
01/01/2019–03/31/2019 Firm Activity (payments) TULARE, COUNTY OF SHAW / YODER / ANTWIH, INC. $15,750 $0 $15,750 $15,750 AB 215, SB 559. #2377606