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Home/Bills/AB 2435California · 2025–2026 Regular Session
Assembly BillPassed first houseBusiness and Professions

AB 2435: Professional engineering, geology, geophysics, and land surveying: practice without a license: administrative penalties.

California · Assembly · 2025–2026 Regular Session · last verified June 17, 2026

What AB 2435 does, verified June 17, 2026

<p>The proposed bill amends the Professional Land Surveyors Act to establish tiered penalties for individuals who practice land surveying without proper authorization. For a first offense, the penalty includes specified fines and possible jail time. Subsequent offenses (second and third convictions) also carry increased penalties including higher fines and extended periods of incarceration.</p>

Bill journey
IntroducedComplete
In CommitteeComplete
First Chamber FloorComplete
4Second ChamberCurrent
5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author. (2026-06-15)Alert me
Recent actions16 total · showing 5
Jun. 15, 2026In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
Jun. 10, 2026From 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.
May. 27, 2026Referred to Coms. on B. P. & E.D. and PUB. S.
May. 14, 2026In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
May. 14, 2026Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 5056.)
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