---
type: "Bill"
title: "Immigration consultants."
description: "Immigration consultants."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 1079"
citation: "California AB 1079 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Immigration consultants."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Robert Pacheco"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 22
vote_count: 7
first_action: "1999-02-25"
last_action: "1999-09-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/36d7afe3-400d-4719-b87a-802ff3267d52"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1079"
source_hash: "a0fb7c3e68994b3e2c1ec6de937fc21a972898c1806fa24db29dd1c4489eb1e5"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California AB 1079 (19992000) — Immigration consultants.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **02/25/99 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1079&version=19990AB107999INT)
2. **04/19/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1079&version=19990AB107998AMD)
3. **06/28/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1079&version=19990AB107997AMD)
4. **09/07/99 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1079&version=19990AB107995CHP)
5. **AB1079** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1079)
6. **08/19/99 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1079&version=19990AB107996ENR)

## Votes

- AB 1079 PACHECO, ROBE THIRD READING — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Public Safety Recommend Consent. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- SPEC. CONSENT CALENDAR SECOND DAY CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · legislature
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB1079 Robert Pache Polanco — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Robert Pacheco — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **1999-09-07** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 336, Statutes of 1999.
- **1999-09-07** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **1999-08-24** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11:15 a.m.
- **1999-08-19** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 3312.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **1999-08-17** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 19 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **1999-08-16** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2408.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-07-13** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-07-12** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **1999-06-28** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-06-24** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 5. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **1999-06-15** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Public Safety with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **1999-05-26** Referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection and Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **1999-05-20** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **1999-05-20** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 1760.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-05-17** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-05-13** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 21. Noes 0.) (May 12). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **1999-04-22** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-19** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-04-15** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 6). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **1999-03-15** Referred to Com. on C.P.,G.E. & E.D. `referral-committee`
- **1999-02-26** From printer. May be heard in committee March 28.
- **1999-02-25** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/36d7afe3-400d-4719-b87a-802ff3267d52`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).