---
type: "Bill"
title: "Prohibited business practices: enforcement."
description: "(1) Existing law prohibits any person from engaging in the business of, acting in the capacity of, advertising as, or assuming to act as, a real estate broker or a real estate salesperson without first obtaining a real estate license, as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 1950"
citation: "California AB 1950 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Prohibited business practices: enforcement."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Davis"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 30
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2012-02-23"
last_action: "2012-09-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3e2462ed-a503-4306-a314-ac7f2b0e1879"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1950"
source_hash: "826f647ee1ac20cab574ef6c7c10af3ef33526230dfb1bb7eb4338dde6e81215"
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 1950 (20112012) — Prohibited business practices: enforcement.

(1) Existing law prohibits any person from engaging in the business of, acting in the capacity of, advertising as, or assuming to act as, a real estate broker or a real estate salesperson without first obtaining a real estate license, as specified.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/23/12 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1950&version=20110AB195099INT)
2. **04/10/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1950&version=20110AB195098AMD)
3. **04/19/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1950&version=20110AB195097AMD)
4. **05/21/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1950&version=20110AB195096AMD)
5. **08/06/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1950&version=20110AB195095AMD)
6. **09/25/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1950&version=20110AB195093CHP)
7. **AB1950** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1950)
8. **08/31/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1950&version=20110AB195094ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading AB1950 Davis By Lowenthal — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Judiciary. — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **12–5** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Local Government. — **4–2** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **7–2** (pass) · lower
- AB 1950 DAVIS Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **56–22** (pass) · lower
- AB 1950 DAVIS Assembly Third Reading — **56–22** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Davis — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-02-23** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2012-02-24** From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
- **2012-03-29** Referred to Coms. on PUB. S. and L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2012-04-10** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-04-11** Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2012-04-18** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. (Ayes 4. Noes 2.) (April 17). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-04-19** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-04-23** Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2012-04-26** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 2.) (April 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-05-09** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2012-05-21** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-05-22** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2012-05-25** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2012-05-25** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (May 25). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-05-25** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-05-30** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 56. Noes 22. Page 5092.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-05-31** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2012-06-14** Referred to Coms. on B. & F.I. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2012-06-28** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 27). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-08-06** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (July 3). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-08-06** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-08-06** In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2012-08-16** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 16). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-08-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-08-22** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 4704.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-08-22** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 24 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2012-08-27** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 56. Noes 22. Page 6359.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2012-09-06** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 5:45 p.m.
- **2012-09-25** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2012-09-25** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 569, Statutes of 2012.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3e2462ed-a503-4306-a314-ac7f2b0e1879`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).