---
type: "Bill"
title: "Barbering and cosmetology: threading."
description: "Barbering and cosmetology: threading."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 518"
citation: "California AB 518 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Barbering and cosmetology: threading."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mendoza"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2007-02-21"
last_action: "2008-07-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/108f4927-a1b2-4f30-b3ef-ece9779f8be7"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB518"
source_hash: "497e0442404147856fff137ff280cb5c4d39242080f405e199e5a904670e3e87"
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 518 (20072008) — Barbering and cosmetology: threading.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/21/07 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB518&version=20070AB51899INT)
2. **01/07/08 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB518&version=20070AB51898AMD)
3. **07/22/08 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB518&version=20070AB51896CHP)
4. **AB518** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB518)
5. **07/01/08 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB518&version=20070AB51897ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 518 MENDOZA Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB518 Mendoza By Lowenthal — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Be referred to Committee on Business and Professions. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Mendoza — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-02-21** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2007-02-22** From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
- **2007-03-01** Referred to Standing Committee on Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials and Standing Committee on Water, Parks and Wildlife. `referral-committee`
- **2008-01-07** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, referral-committee`
- **2008-01-07** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials. `referral-committee`
- **2008-01-07** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules by unanimous consent. `referral-committee`
- **2008-01-07** From committee: Be re-referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection Re-referred. (Ayes 11. Noes 0. Page 3638.) (January 7). `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2008-01-15** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 3.) (January 15). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-01-16** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-01-17** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 48. Noes 24. Page 3750.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-01-17** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2008-01-24** Referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Economic Development. `referral-committee`
- **2008-04-29** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 1.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-04-30** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-06-30** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4513.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-07-01** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2008-07-10** Enrolled and to the Governor at 10 a.m.
- **2008-07-22** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2008-07-22** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 187, Statutes of 2008.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/108f4927-a1b2-4f30-b3ef-ece9779f8be7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).