---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public accountants."
description: "Public accountants."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 585"
citation: "California AB 585 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public accountants."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nation"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 29
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2001-02-21"
last_action: "2001-10-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8d14a500-6945-45f7-a40c-d3411374e669"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB585"
source_hash: "87f1537ed7a86ea3f239984424329a25ad50c2bfb1ec5f868023cdcb3373356b"
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 585 (20012002) — Public accountants.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/21/01 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB585&version=20010AB58599INT)
2. **04/16/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB585&version=20010AB58598AMD)
3. **05/17/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB585&version=20010AB58597AMD)
4. **05/25/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB585&version=20010AB58596AMD)
5. **07/03/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB585&version=20010AB58595AMD)
6. **07/20/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB585&version=20010AB58594AMD)
7. **09/07/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB585&version=20010AB58593AMD)
8. **10/11/01 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB585&version=20010AB58591CHP)
9. **AB585** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB585)
10. **09/14/01 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB585&version=20010AB58592ENR)

## Votes

- AB 585 Nation Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 585 Nation Special Consent Calendar 2nd Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- SPECIAL CONSENT CALE AB585 Nation By Figueroa — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Nation — primary (person)
- John Campbell — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-10-11** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 704, Statutes of 2001.
- **2001-10-10** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2001-10-02** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2001-09-14** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 9787.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2001-09-12** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
- **2001-09-12** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2842.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-09-10** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-09-07** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-3`
- **2001-08-22** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-08-21** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2001-07-20** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-07-09** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2001-07-03** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-06-12** Referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. `referral-committee`
- **2001-05-31** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2001-05-31** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 1942.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-05-29** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-05-25** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2001-05-24** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. (May 23). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2001-05-21** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2001-05-17** 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`
- **2001-05-09** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (May 8). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2001-04-26** Joint Rule 61(a)(2) suspended. (Page 1246.)
- **2001-04-24** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2001-04-19** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-16** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection Read second time and amended. `reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-03-05** Referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. `referral-committee`
- **2001-02-22** From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
- **2001-02-21** 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/8d14a500-6945-45f7-a40c-d3411374e669`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).