---
type: "Bill"
title: "Administrative practices."
description: "(1) Existing law requires every state agency subject to the Administrative Procedure Act to provide an initial statement of reasons for proposing the adoption, amendment, or repeal of a regulation. Existing law requires that the initial statement of reasons include, among other things, facts, evidence, documents, testimony, or other evidence on which the agency relies to support a specified determination."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 1612"
citation: "California AB 1612 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Administrative practices."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lara"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 27
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2012-02-07"
last_action: "2012-09-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a9f79940-484e-4c1d-be7a-27e958eb952f"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1612"
source_hash: "4f91ba59fd14a80e404fb39a11f27b84793bd3f5044925a4c265f48e83a8ad8a"
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 1612 (20112012) — Administrative practices.

(1) Existing law requires every state agency subject to the Administrative Procedure Act to provide an initial statement of reasons for proposing the adoption, amendment, or repeal of a regulation. Existing law requires that the initial statement of reasons include, among other things, facts, evidence, documents, testimony, or other evidence on which the agency relies to support a specified determination.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/07/12 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1612&version=20110AB161299INT)
2. **07/05/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1612&version=20110AB161298AMD)
3. **08/21/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1612&version=20110AB161297AMD)
4. **08/24/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1612&version=20110AB161296AMD)
5. **09/23/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1612&version=20110AB161294CHP)
6. **AB1612** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1612)
7. **09/11/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1612&version=20110AB161295ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Environmental Quality. — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1612 LARA Assembly Third Reading — **74–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1612 LARA Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **79–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB1612 Lara By Padilla — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Lara — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-02-07** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2012-02-08** From printer. May be heard in committee March 9.
- **2012-02-17** Referred to Com. on B., P. & C.P. `referral-committee`
- **2012-03-13** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (March 13). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-03-28** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (March 28). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-03-29** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-04-12** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 4337.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-04-12** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2012-04-19** Referred to Coms. on T. & H. and E.Q. `referral-committee`
- **2012-06-13** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on E.Q. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 12). Re-referred to Com. on E.Q. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-07-03** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 18). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-07-05** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-08-06** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage`
- **2012-08-07** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-08-09** From consent calendar.
- **2012-08-09** Ordered to third reading.
- **2012-08-21** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-08-22** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-08-24** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-08-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-08-29** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 4931.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-08-29** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 31 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2012-08-30** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 6605.)
- **2012-08-30** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 6643.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2012-09-13** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
- **2012-09-23** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2012-09-23** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 471, Statutes of 2012.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a9f79940-484e-4c1d-be7a-27e958eb952f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).