California 2017-2018 Regular Session Status: Enacted

SB 559 — Private Investigator Act: license: limited liability company.

Last action — Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 569, Statutes of 2017.

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

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 16, 2017. Enacted.

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Likely to advance 70% · moderate confidence

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Odds of enactment

High

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  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 1 sponsor

    1 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 10 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

Existing law, the Private Investigator Act, provides for the licensure and regulation of private investigators by the Bureau of Security and Investigative Services. (1) Existing law, until January 1, 2018, authorizes the bureau to issue a private investigator license to a limited liability company. Existing law, the California Revised Uniform Limited Liability Company Act, authorizes a limited liability company to have any lawful purpose, except as specified, and authorizes a domestic or foreign limited liability company to render services that may be lawfully rendered only pursuant to a license, certificate, or registration authorized by the Business and Professions Code if the provisions of that code authorize a limited liability company or foreign limited liability company to hold that license, certificate, or registration. As a condition for licensure, existing law requires a limited liability company to maintain a policy or policies of insurance against liability imposed on or against it by law for damages arising out of claims based upon acts, errors, or omissions arising out of the private investigator services it provides. Under existing law, if the applicant for a license is a limited liability company, the application is required to include specified information pertaining to each managing member and any other officer or member who will be active in the licensed business. This bill, until January 1, 2021, would extend the authority for the bureau to issue a private investigator license to a limited liability company and make related conforming changes. The bill also would define terms. The bill, on and after July 1, 2018, and until January 1, 2021, would require a licensee organized as a limited liability company to report a paid or pending claim against its liability insurance to the bureau and would require the bureau to post a notice of the claim on a specified license verification Internet Web page. The bill, beginning July 1, 2018, would require an applicant for an initial license or a licensee applying for reassignment of the license to notify the bureau on the application for licensure or reassignment if the applicant or licensee is a limited liability company and would require the bureau to include this information on a specified license verification Internet Web page. (2) Existing law requires an applicant, or his or her manager, for a license as a private investigator to have had at least 3 years' experience in investigation work. Under existing law, a year's experience is required to consist of not less than 2,000 hours of actual compensated work performed by each applicant preceding the filing of an application. Under existing law, an applicant who holds a law degree or who has completed a four-year course in police science, criminal justice, criminal law, or the equivalent is required to have had 2 years' experience in investigation work. This bill would revise and recast these provisions by requiring an applicant with a law degree or bachelor's degree in police science, criminal justice, criminal law, or the equivalent to be credited with 2,000 hours of experience in investigation work. The bill would require an applicant with an associate degree in police science, criminal justice, criminal law, or the equivalent to be credited with 1,000 hours of experience in investigation work. The bill would prohibit the total amount of time credited to an applicant for these degrees from exceeding 2,000 hours of experience in investigation work. (3) This bill would make various other conforming changes.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 569, Statutes of 2017.

  2. Approved by the Governor.

  3. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 5:30 p.m.

  4. Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2928.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.

  5. In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.

  6. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 76. Noes 2. Page 3272.) Ordered to the Senate.

  7. Ordered to third reading.

  8. Read third time and amended.

  9. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  10. Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.

  11. From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (September 1).

  12. August 23 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.

  13. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  14. From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (July 11).

  15. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (July 10). Re-referred to Com. on JUD.

  16. Assembly Rule 56 suspended.

  17. Joint Rule 62(a) suspended.

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

  19. In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.

  20. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 1357.) Ordered to the Assembly.

  21. Ordered to special consent calendar.

  22. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  23. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 1187.) (May 25).

  24. Set for hearing May 25.

  25. May 15 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.

  26. Set for hearing May 15.

  27. May 8 hearing postponed by committee.

  28. Set for hearing May 8.

  29. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  30. From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 747.) (April 18).

  31. From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD.

  32. Set for hearing April 18.

  33. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD.

  34. From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 488.) (March 27).

  35. Set for hearing March 27.

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

  37. From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 19.

  38. Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

Sponsors

  • Morrell · Primary

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 121 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

  • Morrell

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (121)

121 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

Unfinished Business SB559 Morrell Concurrence

Passed 40 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 35000
Democratic 5000
Total 40000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
Anderson — Yea
Bates — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Hertzberg — Yea
Lara — Yea
Morrell — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Pan — Yea
Skinner — Yea
Fuller — Yea
Glazer — Yea
Hill — Yea
Allen — Yea
Monning — Yea
Moorlach — Yea
Roth — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
De León — Yea
Cannella — Yea
Portantino — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
Galgiani — Yea
Dodd — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Beall — Yea
Leyva — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
Newman — Yea
Vidak — Yea
Wilk — Yea
Beth Gaines — Yea
Bill Berryhill — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Jackson, Corey A. Democratic Yea
McGuire, Mike Democratic Yea
Nguyen, Stephanie Democratic Yea
Stern, Henry I. Democratic Yea
Wiener, Scott D. Democratic Yea

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SB 559 Morrell Senate Third Reading By KILEY

Passed 76 Yea · 2 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 55201
Democratic 15000
Republican 6000
Total 76201
% of votes cast 96%3%0%1%
How each member voted (79)
Member Party Vote
Acosta — Yea
Bigelow — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Brough — Yea
Holden — Yea
Kiley — Yea
Levine — Yea
Low — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
Mathis — Yea
Nazarian — Not Voting
O'Donnell — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Steinorth — Yea
Thurmond — Yea
Waldron — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Daly — Yea
Friedman — Yea
Gloria — Yea
Chiu — Yea
Chu — Yea
Chávez — Yea
Cooper — Yea
Cunningham — Yea
Melendez — Yea
Mullin — Yea
Obernolte — Yea
Ridley-Thomas — Yea
Voepel — Yea
Rubio — Yea
Salas — Yea
Bocanegra — Yea
Frazier — Nay
Burke — Yea
Fong — Yea
Gray — Yea
Harper — Yea
Chau — Yea
Gonzalez Fletcher — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Nay
Mayes — Yea
McCarty — Yea
Medina — Yea
Baker — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Dababneh — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Ting — Yea
Weber — Yea
Wood — Yea
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Jim Patterson — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Travis Allen — Yea
Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M. Democratic Yea
Arambula, Joaquin Democratic Yea
Berman, Marc Democratic Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Caballero, Anna M. Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Cervantes, Sabrina Democratic Yea
Gipson, Mike A. Democratic Yea
Grayson, Timothy S. Democratic Yea
Irwin, Jacqui Democratic Yea
Kalra, Ash Democratic Yea
Limón, Monique Democratic Yea
Muratsuchi, Al Democratic Yea
Quirk-Silva, Sharon Democratic Yea
Reyes, Eloise Gómez Democratic Yea
Chen, Phillip Republican Yea
Choi, Steven S. Republican Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Yea
Flora, Heath Republican Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Yea
Lackey, Tom Republican Yea

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Do pass as amended.

Passed 16 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 12001
Democratic 3000
Republican 1000
Total 16001
% of votes cast 94%0%0%6%
How each member voted (17)
Member Party Vote
Bloom — Yea
Brough — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Friedman — Yea
Chau — Yea
Gonzalez Fletcher — Yea
Bocanegra — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Fong — Yea
Gray — Not Voting
Bigelow — Yea
Obernolte — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Reyes, Eloise Gómez Democratic Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Yea

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

Passed 12 Yea · 0 Nay · 4 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 8003
Democratic 3001
Republican 1000
Total 12004
% of votes cast 75%0%0%25%
How each member voted (16)
Member Party Vote
Baker — Not Voting
Bloom — Yea
Brough — Yea
Holden — Not Voting
Eggman — Yea
Cunningham — Yea
Chiu — Yea
Low — Yea
Mullin — Not Voting
Steinorth — Yea
Ting — Yea
Arambula, Joaquin Democratic Not Voting
Gipson, Mike A. Democratic Yea
Grayson, Timothy S. Democratic Yea
Irwin, Jacqui Democratic Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Yea

Official roll call →

Special Consent Calendar # SB559

Passed 40 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 35000
Democratic 5000
Total 40000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
Bates — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Lara — Yea
Monning — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Vidak — Yea
Fuller — Yea
Galgiani — Yea
Cannella — Yea
Anderson — Yea
Allen — Yea
De León — Yea
Portantino — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
Glazer — Yea
Hertzberg — Yea
Hill — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Beall — Yea
Dodd — Yea
Leyva — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
Moorlach — Yea
Morrell — Yea
Newman — Yea
Pan — Yea
Roth — Yea
Skinner — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
Wilk — Yea
Beth Gaines — Yea
Bill Berryhill — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Jackson, Corey A. Democratic Yea
McGuire, Mike Democratic Yea
Nguyen, Stephanie Democratic Yea
Stern, Henry I. Democratic Yea
Wiener, Scott D. Democratic Yea

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Do pass

Passed 7 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 6000
Democratic 1000
Total 7000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (7)
Member Party Vote
Beall — Yea
Hill — Yea
Lara — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Bates — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Wiener, Scott D. Democratic Yea

Official roll call →

Placed on suspense file

Passed 7 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 6000
Democratic 1000
Total 7000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (7)
Member Party Vote
Bates — Yea
Beall — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Hill — Yea
Lara — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Wiener, Scott D. Democratic Yea

Official roll call →

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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 559 do?
Existing law, the Private Investigator Act, provides for the licensure and regulation of private investigators by the Bureau of Security and Investigative Services. (1) Existing law, until January 1, 2018, authorizes the bureau to issue a private investigator license to a limited liability company. Existing law, the California Revised Uniform Limited Liability Company Act, authorizes a limited liability company to have any lawful purpose, except as specified, and authorizes a domestic or foreign limited liability company to render services that may be lawfully rendered only pursuant to a license, certificate, or registration authorized by the Business and Professions Code if the provisions of that code authorize a limited liability company or foreign limited liability company to hold that license, certificate, or registration. As a condition for licensure, existing law requires a limited liability company to maintain a policy or policies of insurance against liability imposed on or against it by law for damages arising out of claims based upon acts, errors, or omissions arising out of the private investigator services it provides. Under existing law, if the applicant for a license is a limited liability company, the application is required to include specified information pertaining to each managing member and any other officer or member who will be active in the licensed business. This bill, until January 1, 2021, would extend the authority for the bureau to issue a private investigator license to a limited liability company and make related conforming changes. The bill also would define terms. The bill, on and after July 1, 2018, and until January 1, 2021, would require a licensee organized as a limited liability company to report a paid or pending claim against its liability insurance to the bureau and would require the bureau to post a notice of the claim on a specified license verification Internet Web page. The bill, beginning July 1, 2018, would require an applicant for an initial license or a licensee applying for reassignment of the license to notify the bureau on the application for licensure or reassignment if the applicant or licensee is a limited liability company and would require the bureau to include this information on a specified license verification Internet Web page. (2) Existing law requires an applicant, or his or her manager, for a license as a private investigator to have had at least 3 years' experience in investigation work. Under existing law, a year's experience is required to consist of not less than 2,000 hours of actual compensated work performed by each applicant preceding the filing of an application. Under existing law, an applicant who holds a law degree or who has completed a four-year course in police science, criminal justice, criminal law, or the equivalent is required to have had 2 years' experience in investigation work. This bill would revise and recast these provisions by requiring an applicant with a law degree or bachelor's degree in police science, criminal justice, criminal law, or the equivalent to be credited with 2,000 hours of experience in investigation work. The bill would require an applicant with an associate degree in police science, criminal justice, criminal law, or the equivalent to be credited with 1,000 hours of experience in investigation work. The bill would prohibit the total amount of time credited to an applicant for these degrees from exceeding 2,000 hours of experience in investigation work. (3) This bill would make various other conforming changes.
Who sponsors SB 559?
SB 559 is sponsored by Morrell.
What is the current status of SB 559?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 16, 2017. Enacted.
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