---
type: "Bill"
title: "Private investigators: licensing."
description: "Private investigators: licensing."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 1985"
citation: "California AB 1985 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Private investigators: licensing."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Leach"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2000-02-18"
last_action: "2000-08-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/954824fd-205e-485b-9de5-3b3b1f431c70"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1985"
source_hash: "902ec1a4b332144813c0506e1f78b0015a657c1c1f9d70dddda07a5bc1ec3be2"
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 1985 (19992000) — Private investigators: licensing.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/18/00 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1985&version=19990AB198599INT)
2. **03/23/00 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1985&version=19990AB198598AMD)
3. **04/03/00 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1985&version=19990AB198597AMD)
4. **08/22/00 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1985&version=19990AB198595CHP)
5. **AB1985** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1985)
6. **08/10/00 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1985&version=19990AB198596ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · legislature
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1985 LEACH THIRD READING — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB1985 Leach By Rainey — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Leach — primary (person)
- Bates — author (person)
- Cox — author (person)
- Cunneen — author (person)
- House — author (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2000-08-22** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 216, Statutes of 2000.
- **2000-08-21** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2000-08-21** Enrolled and to the Governor at 10:30 a.m.
- **2000-08-10** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2000-08-10** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 30. Noes 1. Page 5696.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-06-28** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-06-27** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2000-06-13** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2000-05-09** Referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. `referral-committee`
- **2000-04-27** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2000-04-27** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 69. Noes 1. Page 6020.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-04-13** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-04-12** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 21. Noes 0.) (April 12). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2000-04-04** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2000-04-03** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-03-30** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (March 28). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2000-03-27** Re-referred to Com. on C.P.,G.E. & E.D. `referral-committee`
- **2000-03-23** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on C.P.,G.E. & E.D. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-02-28** Referred to Com. on C.P.,G.E. & E.D. `referral-committee`
- **2000-02-22** From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
- **2000-02-18** 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/954824fd-205e-485b-9de5-3b3b1f431c70`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).