---
type: "Bill"
title: "Barbering and cosmetology: threading."
description: "Barbering and cosmetology: threading."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 265"
citation: "California AB 265 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Barbering and cosmetology: threading."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mendoza"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 16
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2007-02-05"
last_action: "2007-07-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/304feb72-b6da-4752-bacf-6077120fbd87"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB265"
source_hash: "ffad8f1939ce6c809dbad551af3e8de7f1c9c8c446794790646b9423a4adb47e"
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 265 (20072008) — Barbering and cosmetology: threading.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/05/07 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB265&version=20070AB26599INT)
2. **04/10/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB265&version=20070AB26598AMD)
3. **07/12/07 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB265&version=20070AB26596CHP)
4. **AB265** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB265)
5. **06/30/07 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB265&version=20070AB26597ENR)

## Votes

- Assembly 3rd Reading AB265 Mendoza By Lowenthal — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 265 MENDOZA Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Mendoza — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-02-05** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2007-02-06** From printer. May be heard in committee March 8.
- **2007-02-16** Referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-09** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (March 27). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2007-04-10** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage`
- **2007-04-11** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-04-19** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 1068.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-04-19** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2007-05-02** Referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Economic Development. `referral-committee`
- **2007-06-12** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-06-13** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-06-28** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 1588.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-06-28** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2007-07-02** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3:45 p.m.
- **2007-07-12** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2007-07-12** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 50, Statutes of 2007.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/304feb72-b6da-4752-bacf-6077120fbd87`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).