---
type: "Bill"
title: "Immigration consultants."
description: "Immigration consultants."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 2691"
citation: "California AB 2691 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Immigration consultants."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Correa"]
version_count: 12
action_count: 32
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2004-02-20"
last_action: "2004-09-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/64a84f71-63ea-4b2d-adad-a3daa81514e6"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2691"
source_hash: "bfb856fc38ee4b5965781dbdafea7596e095c203839344b8659ac0dc70570d78"
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 2691 (20032004) — Immigration consultants.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/20/04 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2691&version=20030AB269199INT)
2. **04/01/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2691&version=20030AB269198AMD)
3. **04/22/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2691&version=20030AB269197AMD)
4. **05/06/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2691&version=20030AB269196AMD)
5. **06/08/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2691&version=20030AB269195AMD)
6. **06/16/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2691&version=20030AB269194AMD)
7. **07/06/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2691&version=20030AB269193AMD)
8. **07/19/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2691&version=20030AB269192AMD)
9. **08/18/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2691&version=20030AB269191AMD)
10. **09/16/04 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2691&version=20030AB269189CHP)
11. **AB2691** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2691)
12. **08/25/04 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2691&version=20030AB269190ENR)

## Votes

- assembly 3rd reading ab2691 correa by escutia — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Judiciary. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 2691 correa assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 2691 correa concurrence in senate amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Correa — primary (person)
- Bermudez — principal coauthor (person)
- Chu — principal coauthor (person)
- Lieber — principal coauthor (person)
- Negrete McLeod — principal coauthor (person)
- Salinas — principal coauthor (person)
- Spitzer — principal coauthor (person)
- Vargas — author (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-09-16** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 557, Statutes of 2004.
- **2004-09-16** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2004-09-07** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
- **2004-08-25** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 78. Noes 1. Page 7679.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2004-08-23** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 25 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2004-08-23** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 26. Noes 9. Page 5209.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-08-19** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-08-18** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-08-09** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-08-05** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2004-07-29** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2004-07-19** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-07-06** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-07-02** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 4. Noes 1.). `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, committee-passage`
- **2004-06-16** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-06-15** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Judiciary (Ayes 5. Noes 1.). `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, committee-passage`
- **2004-06-08** 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. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-05-20** Referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection and Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2004-05-10** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2004-05-10** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 1. Page 5603.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-05-06** Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-05-03** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-04-29** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 20. Noes 0.) (April 28). (Corrected April 29. ) `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2004-04-26** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2004-04-22** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Read second time and amended. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-04-21** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2004-04-12** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2004-04-01** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-03-31** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (March 23). `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, committee-passage`
- **2004-03-08** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2004-02-22** From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
- **2004-02-20** 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/64a84f71-63ea-4b2d-adad-a3daa81514e6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).