---
type: "Bill"
title: "Paralegals."
description: "Paralegals."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 1083"
citation: "California AB 1083 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Paralegals."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bates"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 23
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2001-02-23"
last_action: "2001-09-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/71b228b9-6cc0-459d-a791-e3956d718396"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1083"
source_hash: "fe07ecca95743215ce1ac17a6e2f3b84737ac2fcc100b347236aa461896145aa"
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 1083 (20012002) — Paralegals.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/23/01 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1083&version=20010AB108399INT)
2. **04/25/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1083&version=20010AB108398AMD)
3. **05/10/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1083&version=20010AB108397AMD)
4. **07/02/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1083&version=20010AB108396AMD)
5. **09/19/01 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1083&version=20010AB108394CHP)
6. **AB1083** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1083)
7. **08/27/01 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1083&version=20010AB108395ENR)

## Votes

- Special Consent #22 AB1083 Bates — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1083 Bates Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1083 Bates Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bates — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-09-19** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 311, Statutes of 2001.
- **2001-09-18** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2001-09-04** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2:45 p.m.
- **2001-08-27** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 78. Noes 1. Page 3205.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2001-07-23** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 25 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2001-07-21** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2176.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-07-12** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-07-11** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2001-07-02** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-06-25** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2001-05-31** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2001-05-17** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2001-05-17** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 1686.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-05-14** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-05-10** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2001-05-09** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. (May 2). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2001-04-30** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice waived. (Page 1298.)
- **2001-04-26** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-25** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Judiciary Read second time and amended. `reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-03-12** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2001-02-26** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2001-02-25** From printer. May be heard in committee March 27.
- **2001-02-23** Introduced. To print. `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/71b228b9-6cc0-459d-a791-e3956d718396`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).