---
type: "Bill"
title: "Private Investigator Act: exemption from licensure."
description: "Private Investigator Act: exemption from licensure."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 671"
citation: "California AB 671 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Private Investigator Act: exemption from licensure."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Campbell"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 18
vote_count: 5
first_action: "1999-02-23"
last_action: "1999-07-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6b6e8fd9-a854-41dd-ac8e-4039f5d95f77"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB671"
source_hash: "dae68966d52357857b2caef007728a81b9389bad14dabfd65f4f47bc0470ad56"
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 671 (19992000) — Private Investigator Act: exemption from licensure.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/23/99 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB671&version=19990AB67199INT)
2. **04/05/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB671&version=19990AB67198AMD)
3. **06/22/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB671&version=19990AB67197AMD)
4. **07/14/99 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB671&version=19990AB67195CHP)
5. **AB671** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB671)
6. **07/06/99 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB671&version=19990AB67196ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · legislature
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB671 Campbell — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 671 CAMPBELL CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 671 CAMPBELL THIRD READING — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Campbell — primary (person)
- Shelley — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1999-07-14** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 123, Statutes of 1999.
- **1999-07-14** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **1999-07-08** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3:45 p.m.
- **1999-07-06** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 70. Noes 0. Page 2898.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **1999-07-01** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 3 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **1999-07-01** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 2031.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-06-22** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-06-21** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **1999-05-12** Referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-29** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **1999-04-29** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 64. Noes 0. Page 1387.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-04-22** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-04-21** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 20). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **1999-04-06** Re-referred to Com. on C.P.,G.E. & E.D. `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-05** 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`
- **1999-03-08** Referred to Com. on C.P.,G.E. & E.D. `referral-committee`
- **1999-02-24** From printer. May be heard in committee March 26.
- **1999-02-23** 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/6b6e8fd9-a854-41dd-ac8e-4039f5d95f77`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).