California · 2025–26 Regular Session · Assembly Bill
AB 2435: Professional engineering, geology, geophysics, and land surveying: practice without a license: administrative penalties.
Passed one chamber Official data
- Introduced
- In committee
- Passed one chamber
- Passed both chambers
- Enacted
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Plain-language summary
AB 2435 is a assembly bill introduced in the California Assembly on February 20, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: Professional engineering, geology, geophysics, and land surveying: practice without a license: administrative penalties. Primary sponsor: Phillip Chen (R). Most recent recorded action (June 15, 2026): In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
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Official summary
Legislative Counsel’s Digest (official, as of the latest version). Written by nonpartisan legislative staff; reproduced verbatim.
Existing law establishes the Board for Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors, and Geologists to license and regulate professional engineers under the Professional Engineers Act, to license and regulate land surveyors under the Professional Land Surveyors’ Act, and to license and regulate geologists and geophysicists under the Geologist and Geophysicist Act. Existing law makes it a misdemeanor to practice or to offer to practice civil, electrical, or mechanical engineering, geology, geophysics, or land surveying without being licensed under those acts, unless the person is exempt from licensure. Existing law requires fees and civil penalties received pursuant to the Professional Engineers Act, the Professional Land Surveyors’ Act, and the Geologist and Geophysicist Act to be deposited in the Professional Engineer’s, Land Surveyor’s, and Geologist’s Fund, and continuously appropriates those funds to the board for purposes of those acts.
This bill would authorize the executive officer of the board to issue a citation to a person or entity that subjects the person or entity to an administrative fine of not less than $500 and no more than $20,000 for each violation of practicing or offering to practice civil engineering, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, geology, geophysics, or land surveying without a license unless the person or entity is otherwise authorized by law. By authorizing additional penalties to be deposited into a continuously appropriated fund, this bill would make an appropriation.
Sponsors
Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 1
| Name | Role | Party | Chamber | District |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phillip Chen | Primary sponsor | Republican | Assembly | 59 |
“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.
Recent official actions
- In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- From 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.
- Referred to Coms. on B. P. & E.D. and PUB. S.
- In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
- Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 5056.)
- Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.
- From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (May 6).
- From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (April 21). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
- Re-referred to Com. on B. & P.
- From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on B. & P. Read second time and amended.
- In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- Re-referred to Com. on B. & P.