---
type: "Bill"
title: "Vocational registration."
description: "Vocational registration."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 158"
citation: "California AB 158 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Vocational registration."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Robert Pacheco"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 18
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2001-01-31"
last_action: "2001-07-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3e220494-528d-4480-b387-52b15a6bd486"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB158"
source_hash: "b569effb85046b60643706bb2a7d2b12d2a2c22f29c564d265847f4b97872b16"
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 158 (20012002) — Vocational registration.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/31/01 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB158&version=20010AB15899INT)
2. **03/29/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB158&version=20010AB15898AMD)
3. **05/31/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB158&version=20010AB15897AMD)
4. **07/05/01 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB158&version=20010AB15895CHP)
5. **AB158** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB158)
6. **06/25/01 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB158&version=20010AB15896ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 158 Pacheco,Robert Consent Calendar Second Day — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 158 Pacheco,Robert Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be placed on the Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Consent Calendar 2nd AB158 Robert Pache — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Robert Pacheco — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-07-05** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 35, Statutes of 2001.
- **2001-07-04** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2001-06-27** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2001-06-25** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2495.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2001-06-21** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after June 23 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2001-06-21** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 1649.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-06-14** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-06-13** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2001-05-31** 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`
- **2001-04-18** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-04** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2001-04-04** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 892.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-04-02** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-03-29** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2001-03-28** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. (March 20). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2001-02-13** Referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. `referral-committee`
- **2001-02-01** From printer. May be heard in committee March 3.
- **2001-01-31** 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/3e220494-528d-4480-b387-52b15a6bd486`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).