Mike Morrell
- Republican
Author
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.
Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 569, Statutes of 2017.
Approved by the Governor.
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 5:30 p.m.
Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2928.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 76. Noes 2. Page 3272.) Ordered to the Senate.
Read third time and amended.
Ordered to third reading.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (September 1).
August 23 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (July 11).
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (July 10). Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
Joint Rule 62(a) suspended.
Assembly Rule 56 suspended.
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 1357.) Ordered to the Assembly.
Ordered to special consent calendar.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 1187.) (May 25).
Set for hearing May 25.
May 15 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
Set for hearing May 15.
May 8 hearing postponed by committee.
Set for hearing May 8.
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 747.) (April 18).
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
Set for hearing April 18.
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 488.) (March 27).
Set for hearing March 27.
Referred to Coms. on B., P. & E.D. and JUD.
From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 19.
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
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| SB559 | HTML |
| 02/16/17 - Introduced | |
| 03/28/17 - Amended Senate | |
| 04/06/17 - Amended Senate | |
| 04/24/17 - Amended Senate | |
| 07/18/17 - Amended Assembly | |
| 09/05/17 - Amended Assembly | |
| 09/07/17 - Amended Assembly | |
| 09/19/17 - Enrolled | |
| 10/07/17 - Chaptered |
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