---
type: "Bill"
title: "Bail Fugitive Recovery Persons Act."
description: "(1) Existing law regulating the issuance of bail bonds requires any person advertising or engaging in the business of executing, delivering, or furnishing bail bonds to hold a bail agent's license, a bail permittee's license, or a bail solicitor's license, as specified, issued by the Insurance Commissioner."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 2029"
citation: "California AB 2029 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Bail Fugitive Recovery Persons Act."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ammiano"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 20
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2012-02-23"
last_action: "2012-09-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ad8ddb59-cbe6-4829-b2c5-d1a6bb8478ae"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2029"
source_hash: "dca6112fd5314c4925ff95d0c680a4ef44da966c18d9667faebbfc6b1d1c3da5"
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 2029 (20112012) — Bail Fugitive Recovery Persons Act.

(1) Existing law regulating the issuance of bail bonds requires any person advertising or engaging in the business of executing, delivering, or furnishing bail bonds to hold a bail agent's license, a bail permittee's license, or a bail solicitor's license, as specified, issued by the Insurance Commissioner.

## 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=201120120AB2029&version=20110AB202999INT)
2. **03/20/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2029&version=20110AB202998AMD)
3. **05/25/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2029&version=20110AB202997AMD)
4. **09/29/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2029&version=20110AB202995CHP)
5. **AB2029** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2029)
6. **08/29/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2029&version=20110AB202996ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **5–1** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 2029 AMMIANO Assembly Third Reading — **74–1** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB2029 Ammiano By Negrete McLeod — **29–4** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **5–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ammiano — 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.
- **2012-03-08** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2012-03-20** 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`
- **2012-03-21** Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2012-03-29** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (March 27). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-04-18** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (April 18). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-04-19** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-05-25** Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 4973.) `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-05-30** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 1. Page 5086.) `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 Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2012-06-26** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (June 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-08-07** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (August 6). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-08-08** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-08-23** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 29. Noes 4. Page 4741.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-08-24** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2012-08-31** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2012-09-29** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2012-09-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 747, Statutes of 2012.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ad8ddb59-cbe6-4829-b2c5-d1a6bb8478ae`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).