---
type: "Bill"
title: "Refugees, asylees, and special immigrant visa holders: professional licensing: initial licensure process."
description: "Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of various professions and vocations by boards within the Department of Consumer Affairs. Existing law prohibits a board within the department from denying licensure to an applicant based upon their citizenship or immigration status."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20192020"
identifier: "AB 2113"
citation: "California AB 2113 (20192020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Refugees", "asylees", "and special immigrant visa holders: professional licensing: initial licensure process."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Low"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 24
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2020-02-06"
last_action: "2020-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2fb77b33-413d-48ed-b8fe-cc49069eae02"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB2113"
source_hash: "949edea7252ba987a7bf82f2940ded34a6b837cda1990996a20d57a4240d97f2"
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 2113 (20192020) — Refugees, asylees, and special immigrant visa holders: professional licensing: initial licensure process.

Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of various professions and vocations by boards within the Department of Consumer Affairs. Existing law prohibits a board within the department from denying licensure to an applicant based upon their citizenship or immigration status.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/06/20 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB2113&version=20190AB211399INT)
2. **05/04/20 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB2113&version=20190AB211398AMD)
3. **08/04/20 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB2113&version=20190AB211397AMD)
4. **09/27/20 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB2113&version=20190AB211395CHP)
5. **AB2113** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB2113)
6. **09/01/20 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB2113&version=20190AB211396ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **14–4** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB2113 Low et al. By Pan — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 2113 Low Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **65–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **15–2** (pass) · lower
- AB 2113 Low Assembly Third Reading — **66–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Low — primary (person)
- Blanca Rubio — coauthor (person)
- Carrillo — coauthor (person)
- Chiu — coauthor (person)
- Gonzalez — coauthor (person)
- Medina — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-06** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2020-02-07** From printer. May be heard in committee March 8.
- **2020-02-27** Referred to Com. on B. & P. `referral-committee`
- **2020-05-04** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on B. & P. Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2020-05-05** Re-referred to Com. on B. & P. `referral-committee`
- **2020-05-22** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 15. Noes 2.) (May 21). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2020-06-02** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-03** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 4.) (June 3). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2020-06-04** Coauthors revised.
- **2020-06-04** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2020-06-10** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 66. Noes 4. Page 4757.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2020-06-11** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2020-07-01** Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `referral-committee`
- **2020-08-04** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, amendment-introduction`
- **2020-08-10** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (August 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2020-08-13** In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2020-08-20** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 20). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2020-08-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2020-08-27** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 30. Noes 0. Page 4354.). `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2020-08-27** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2020-08-30** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 65. Noes 0. Page 5337.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-09-10** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
- **2020-09-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2020-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 186, Statutes of 2020.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2fb77b33-413d-48ed-b8fe-cc49069eae02`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).