---
type: "Bill"
title: "Limited liability partnerships: architecture."
description: "Limited liability partnerships: architecture."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 1596"
citation: "California AB 1596 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Limited liability partnerships: architecture."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Shelley"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2001-02-23"
last_action: "2001-10-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ed250181-44f2-4f03-8d34-3e03c514f3f8"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1596"
source_hash: "84b1fffb0460d6d7b9380355afc654ad47b8c146ac3ad009926d9a3cbb22d278"
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 1596 (20012002) — Limited liability partnerships: architecture.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/23/01 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1596&version=20010AB159699INT)
2. **08/28/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1596&version=20010AB159698AMD)
3. **10/09/01 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1596&version=20010AB159696CHP)
4. **AB1596** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1596)
5. **09/13/01 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1596&version=20010AB159697ENR)

## Votes

- AB 1596 Shelley Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB1596 Shelley By Ackerman — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1596 Shelley Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Shelley — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-10-09** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 595, Statutes of 2001.
- **2001-10-07** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2001-09-28** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
- **2001-09-13** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 3867.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2001-09-12** From Consent Calendar. To unfinished business file.
- **2001-08-31** To inactive file on motion of Assembly Member Shelley.
- **2001-08-30** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 1 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2001-08-30** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-08-28** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2001-08-27** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2001-07-09** Joint Rule 61 (a)(9) suspended (Page 1890.)
- **2001-05-15** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2001-05-03** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2001-05-03** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1409.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-05-02** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-05-01** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 30). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2001-03-19** Referred to Standing Committee on Banking and Finance. `referral-committee`
- **2001-02-26** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2001-02-25** From printer. May be heard in committee March 27.
- **2001-02-23** Introduced. To print. `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ed250181-44f2-4f03-8d34-3e03c514f3f8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).