---
type: "Bill"
title: "Alien: change of terms."
description: "Existing federal law, for purposes of various provisions related to immigration, defines \"alien\" to mean a person who is not a citizen or national of the United States."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "AB 1096"
citation: "California AB 1096 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alien: change of terms."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Luz Rivas"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 21
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-02-18"
last_action: "2021-09-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5898d587-c571-46e8-a04d-df9158cebd41"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1096"
source_hash: "95312937b84b28132f6949779d45f1f32e77555d78592fb44152b82ddaba9183"
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 1096 (20212022) — Alien: change of terms.

Existing federal law, for purposes of various provisions related to immigration, defines "alien" to mean a person who is not a citizen or national of the United States.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/18/21 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1096&version=20210AB109699INT)
2. **04/07/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1096&version=20210AB109698AMD)
3. **07/07/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1096&version=20210AB109697AMD)
4. **09/03/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1096&version=20210AB109696AMD)
5. **09/24/21 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1096&version=20210AB109694CHP)
6. **AB1096** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1096)
7. **09/14/21 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1096&version=20210AB109695ENR)

## Votes

- AB 1096 Luz Rivas Assembly Third Reading — **71–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB1096 Luz Rivas et al. By Durazo — **30–8** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **8–2** (pass) · upper
- AB 1096 Luz Rivas Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **73–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Luz Rivas — primary (person)
- Carrillo — coauthor (person)
- Durazo — coauthor (person)
- Gabriel — coauthor (person)
- Gonzalez — coauthor (person)
- Lorena Gonzalez — coauthor (person)
- Low — coauthor (person)
- Reyes — coauthor (person)
- Robert Rivas — coauthor (person)
- Wiener — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-18** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2021-02-19** From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
- **2021-03-04** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-06** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (April 6). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2021-04-07** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-04-08** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-05-20** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 71. Noes 0. Page 1467.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-05-20** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2021-06-03** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-16** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 2.) (June 15). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-17** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-07-07** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-07-08** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-09-03** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-09-07** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-09-08** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 30. Noes 8. Page 2529.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-09-08** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2021-09-09** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 3043.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-09-15** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 5 p.m.
- **2021-09-24** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-09-24** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 296, Statutes of 2021. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5898d587-c571-46e8-a04d-df9158cebd41`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).