---
type: "Bill"
title: "Immigration consultants."
description: "Immigration consultants."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 1999"
citation: "California AB 1999 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Immigration consultants."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Correa"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 23
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2002-02-15"
last_action: "2002-09-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/84e85b92-cb4f-4051-b8c9-3d76852f723d"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1999"
source_hash: "9770217c69635a904706bcb71fdb31144778276142e92deab041a1747edd928b"
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 1999 (20012002) — Immigration consultants.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/15/02 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1999&version=20010AB199999INT)
2. **04/22/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1999&version=20010AB199998AMD)
3. **06/19/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1999&version=20010AB199997AMD)
4. **09/19/02 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1999&version=20010AB199995CHP)
5. **AB1999** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1999)
6. **08/20/02 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1999&version=20010AB199996ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1999 Correa Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB1999 Correa By Escutia — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1999 Correa Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Correa — primary (person)
- Chavez — coauthor (person)
- Chu — coauthor (person)
- Corbett — coauthor (person)
- Firebaugh — coauthor (person)
- Frommer — coauthor (person)
- Goldberg — coauthor (person)
- Harman — coauthor (person)
- Kehoe — coauthor (person)
- Koretz — coauthor (person)
- Longville — coauthor (person)
- Maldonado — author (person)
- Negrete McLeod — coauthor (person)
- Strom-Martin — coauthor (person)
- Thomson — coauthor (person)
- Vargas — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-09-19** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 705, Statutes of 2002.
- **2002-09-19** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2002-08-26** Enrolled and to the Governor at 5 p.m.
- **2002-08-20** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 7810.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2002-08-15** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 17 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2002-08-14** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 23. Noes 11. Page 5413.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-08-07** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-08-06** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2002-06-26** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (June 26). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2002-06-19** 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`
- **2002-06-11** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2002-05-09** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2002-05-02** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2002-05-02** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 67. Noes 0. Page 5868.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-04-29** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-04-25** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (April 24). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2002-04-23** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2002-04-22** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Read second time and amended. `reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-04-16** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (April 16). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2002-02-28** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2002-02-21** (Corrected February 20. )
- **2002-02-19** From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
- **2002-02-15** Assembly Rule 49(a) suspended. 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/84e85b92-cb4f-4051-b8c9-3d76852f723d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).