California 2009-2010 Regular Session Status: Passed Assembly

AB 660 — Sprinkler fitters: licensing.

Last action — From Senate committee without further action.

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. 3
    Passed Assembly
  4. 4
    Passed Senate
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill died with 2009-2010 Regular Session. It reached “Passed Assembly” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

Summary

Existing law establishes the Office of the State Fire Marshal for specified purposes and requires the Governor to appoint the State Fire Marshal. Existing law requires the State Fire Marshal to adopt and administer regulations and building standards he or she deems necessary in order to, among other things, establish and control a program for servicing, testing, and maintaining all automatic fire extinguishing systems, including fire sprinkler systems. The Contractors' State License Law provides for the licensing and regulation of contractors by the Contractors' State License Board. Under that law, the registrar may refuse to issue, reinstate, reactivate, or renew a license or may suspend a license for the failure of a licensee to resolve all outstanding final liabilities, which include taxes, additions to tax, penalties, interest, and any fees that may be assessed by the board or other specified state agencies. This bill would include the assessments of the State Fire Marshal among the liabilities for which a license may be affected for nonpayment. This bill would enact a comprehensive program for the certification and regulation of sprinkler fitters, as defined, by the State Fire Marshal. The bill would prohibit a person from performing work on any fire suppression system, as defined, unless he or she possesses a valid sprinkler fitter or limited scope sprinkler fitter certificate issued by the State Fire Marshal, and would prohibit a person or entity from employing a person to perform work on a fire suppression system without such a certificate. The bill would provide for the issuance of, and would set forth eligibility standards for, various certificates and permits, and would require the State Fire Marshal to adopt a schedule of fees in amounts necessary to cover the cost of administering and enforcing these provisions. This bill would provide for the enforcement of these provisions by the State Fire Marshal, and would require the State Fire Marshal to revoke or suspend a certificate or permit, or reprimand a certificate holder or permitholder, for specified reasons. The bill would also provide that a person licensed under the Contractors' State License Law who violates these provisions would be subject to disciplinary action by the Contractors' State License Board. A knowing and willful violation of these licensing and regulatory provisions would be a misdemeanor. By creating a new crime, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. From Senate committee without further action.

  2. In committee: Held under submission.

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

  4. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  5. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  6. In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.

  7. Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  8. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on PUB. S.

  9. From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. (Ayes 9. Noes 3.) (June 23).

  10. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on G.O.

  11. Referred to Coms. on G.O. and PUB. S.

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

  13. Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 49. Noes 30. Page 1882.)

  14. Read second time. To third reading.

  15. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (May 28).

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

  17. From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 4.) (April 28).

  18. From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on B. & P. Re-referred. (Ayes 11. Noes 4.) (April 22).

  19. Referred to Coms. on G.O. and B. & P.

  20. From printer. May be heard in committee March 28.

  21. Read first time. To print.

Sponsors

  • Torrico · Primary

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 121 not signed on · 4 voted No

Sponsors (1)

  • Torrico

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (121)

121 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

Placed on Appropriations Suspense file.

Passed 10 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 10001
Total 10001
% of votes cast 91%0%0%9%
How each member voted (11)
Member Party Vote
Yee — Yea
Ashburn — Yea
Kehoe — Yea
Leno — Yea
Price — Yea
Walters — Not Voting
Wolk — Yea
Alquist — Yea
Wyland — Yea
Corbett — Yea
Emmerson — Yea

Official roll call →

Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Public Safety.

Passed 10 Yea · 3 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 9300
Democratic 1001
Total 10301
% of votes cast 71%21%0%7%
How each member voted (14)
Member Party Vote
Yee — Yea
Florez — Yea
Wyland — Yea
Negrete — Yea
Harman — Nay
McLeod — Yea
Price — Yea
Wiggins — Yea
Benoit — Nay
Oropeza — Yea
Wright — Yea
Denham — Nay
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Not Voting
Padilla, Stephen C. Democratic Yea

Official roll call →

AB 660 TORRICO Assembly Third Reading

Passed 58 Yea · 33 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 543101
Democratic 3000
Republican 1200
Total 583301
% of votes cast 63%36%0%1%
How each member voted (92)
Member Party Vote
Carter — Yea
Chesbro — Yea
Eng — Yea
Charles — Yea
Feuer — Yea
Fuentes — Yea
Furutani — Yea
Galgiani — Yea
De — Yea
La — Yea
Torre — Yea
De — Yea
Leon — Yea
Yamada — Yea
Fong — Yea
Bonnie — Yea
Lowenthal — Yea
V. — Yea
Manuel — Yea
Perez — Yea
John — Yea
A. — Yea
Perez — Yea
Portantino — Yea
Salas — Yea
Saldana — Yea
Conway — Nay
Cook — Nay
Coto — Yea
Bill — Nay
Tom — Nay
Garrick — Nay
Hagman — Nay
Hall — Yea
Hayashi — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Fletcher — Nay
Anderson — Nay
Bass — Yea
Blakeslee — Nay
Duvall — Nay
Huffman — Yea
Krekorian — Yea
Ma — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
Nava — Yea
Price — Yea
Skinner — Yea
Solorio — Yea
Torlakson — Yea
Torres — Yea
Audra — Nay
Jeffries — Nay
Logue — Nay
Miller — Nay
Nestande — Nay
Silva — Nay
Smyth — Nay
Villines — Nay
Adams — Nay
Ammiano — Yea
Beall — Yea
Block — Not Voting
Blumenfield — Yea
Brownley — Yea
Buchanan — Yea
Harkey — Nay
Hill — Yea
Huber — Nay
Knight — Nay
Lieu — Yea
Monning — Yea
Nielsen — Nay
Ruskin — Yea
Swanson — Yea
Torrico — Yea
Tran — Nay
Emmerson — Nay
Evans — Yea
Davis — Yea
DeVore — Nay
Fuller — Nay
Gilmore — Nay
Beth Gaines — Nay
Bill Berryhill — Nay
Bill Berryhill — Nay
Arambula, Joaquin Democratic Yea
Caballero, Anna M. Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea
Niello, Roger W. Republican Nay
Strickland, Tony Republican Nay

Official roll call →

Do pass.

Passed 16 Yea · 6 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 15500
Republican 0100
Democratic 1000
Total 16600
% of votes cast 73%27%0%0%
How each member voted (22)
Member Party Vote
Audra — Nay
Harkey — Nay
Miller — Nay
Nielsen — Nay
Duvall — Nay
Hall — Yea
Charles — Yea
De — Yea
Leon — Yea
John — Yea
A. — Yea
Perez — Yea
Krekorian — Yea
Skinner — Yea
Solorio — Yea
Ammiano — Yea
Price — Yea
Torlakson — Yea
Davis — Yea
Fuentes — Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Strickland, Tony Republican Nay

Official roll call →

Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Business and Professions.

Passed 12 Yea · 4 Nay · 4 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 12404
Total 12404
% of votes cast 60%20%0%20%
How each member voted (20)
Member Party Vote
Hall — Yea
Chesbro — Yea
Galgiani — Yea
De — Yea
Leon — Yea
Portantino — Yea
Cook — Nay
Coto — Yea
Lieu — Yea
Nestande — Not Voting
Anderson — Nay
Silva — Nay
Torres — Yea
Tran — Nay
Hill — Yea
Jeffries — Not Voting
Mendoza — Not Voting
Price — Yea
Torrico — Yea
Evans — Not Voting

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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

What does AB 660 do?
Existing law establishes the Office of the State Fire Marshal for specified purposes and requires the Governor to appoint the State Fire Marshal. Existing law requires the State Fire Marshal to adopt and administer regulations and building standards he or she deems necessary in order to, among other things, establish and control a program for servicing, testing, and maintaining all automatic fire extinguishing systems, including fire sprinkler systems. The Contractors' State License Law provides for the licensing and regulation of contractors by the Contractors' State License Board. Under that law, the registrar may refuse to issue, reinstate, reactivate, or renew a license or may suspend a license for the failure of a licensee to resolve all outstanding final liabilities, which include taxes, additions to tax, penalties, interest, and any fees that may be assessed by the board or other specified state agencies. This bill would include the assessments of the State Fire Marshal among the liabilities for which a license may be affected for nonpayment. This bill would enact a comprehensive program for the certification and regulation of sprinkler fitters, as defined, by the State Fire Marshal. The bill would prohibit a person from performing work on any fire suppression system, as defined, unless he or she possesses a valid sprinkler fitter or limited scope sprinkler fitter certificate issued by the State Fire Marshal, and would prohibit a person or entity from employing a person to perform work on a fire suppression system without such a certificate. The bill would provide for the issuance of, and would set forth eligibility standards for, various certificates and permits, and would require the State Fire Marshal to adopt a schedule of fees in amounts necessary to cover the cost of administering and enforcing these provisions. This bill would provide for the enforcement of these provisions by the State Fire Marshal, and would require the State Fire Marshal to revoke or suspend a certificate or permit, or reprimand a certificate holder or permitholder, for specified reasons. The bill would also provide that a person licensed under the Contractors' State License Law who violates these provisions would be subject to disciplinary action by the Contractors' State License Board. A knowing and willful violation of these licensing and regulatory provisions would be a misdemeanor. By creating a new crime, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.
Who sponsors AB 660?
AB 660 is sponsored by Torrico.
What is the current status of AB 660?
This bill died with 2009-2010 Regular Session. It reached “Passed Assembly” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
Where can I track AB 660?
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