---
type: "Bill"
title: "Securities: broker-dealers: employee criminal background checks."
description: "Securities: broker-dealers: employee criminal background checks."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 119"
citation: "California AB 119 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Securities: broker-dealers: employee criminal background checks."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chavez"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 26
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2001-01-22"
last_action: "2001-10-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c178797d-e3c4-4d47-8ba3-b468500ed5dc"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB119"
source_hash: "dce0bb897cacc6e0162fe4b7df5e16c088de3c6716d3fcdb264de7d9f47c8eec"
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 119 (20012002) — Securities: broker-dealers: employee criminal background checks.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/22/01 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB119&version=20010AB11999INT)
2. **03/23/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB119&version=20010AB11998AMD)
3. **04/05/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB119&version=20010AB11997AMD)
4. **07/12/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB119&version=20010AB11996AMD)
5. **10/07/01 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB119&version=20010AB11994CHP)
6. **AB119** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB119)
7. **08/31/01 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB119&version=20010AB11995ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 119 Chavez Consent Calendar Second Day — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB119 Chavez By Sher — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 119 Chavez Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chavez — primary (person)
- Diaz — coauthor (person)
- Machado — coauthor (person)
- Simitian — coauthor (person)
- Wyman — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-10-07** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 547, Statutes of 2001.
- **2001-10-05** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2001-09-10** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2001-08-31** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3341.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2001-08-30** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 1 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2001-08-30** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 30. Noes 0.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-08-28** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-08-27** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2001-08-20** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2001-07-12** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2001-07-11** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 5. Noes 1.). `amendment-introduction, referral-committee, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2001-06-14** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2001-06-13** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2001-05-21** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2001-05-10** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2001-05-10** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1515.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-05-07** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-05-03** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 2). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2001-04-17** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (April 16). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2001-04-16** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Banking and Finance. `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-05** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Banking and Finance Read second time and amended. `reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-03-26** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Banking and Finance. `referral-committee`
- **2001-03-23** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Banking and Finance Read second time and amended. `reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-02-22** Referred to Standing Committee on Banking and Finance. `referral-committee`
- **2001-01-23** From printer. May be heard in committee February 22.
- **2001-01-22** 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/c178797d-e3c4-4d47-8ba3-b468500ed5dc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).