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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Professions and vocations: paralegals."
description: "Professions and vocations: paralegals."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 1761"
citation: "California AB 1761 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Professions and vocations: paralegals."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brewer"]
version_count: 13
action_count: 31
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2000-01-18"
last_action: "2000-09-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/99b3a811-386d-47e4-abf9-c1db0a3395ad"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1761"
source_hash: "67f6d9cf3307dcb15a0cf0b0328b0895d96fa4f2042b88d53cc5f7016d772ed8"
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 1761 (19992000) — Professions and vocations: paralegals.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **01/18/00 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1761&version=19990AB176199INT)
2. **03/20/00 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1761&version=19990AB176198AMD)
3. **04/04/00 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1761&version=19990AB176197AMD)
4. **04/24/00 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1761&version=19990AB176196AMD)
5. **05/01/00 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1761&version=19990AB176195AMD)
6. **06/05/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1761&version=19990AB176194AMD)
7. **06/07/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1761&version=19990AB176193AMD)
8. **06/12/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1761&version=19990AB176192AMD)
9. **06/20/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1761&version=19990AB176191AMD)
10. **08/18/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1761&version=19990AB176190AMD)
11. **09/14/00 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1761&version=19990AB176188CHP)
12. **AB1761** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1761)
13. **08/25/00 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1761&version=19990AB176189ENR)
## Votes
- AB 1761 BREWER THIRD READING — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1761 BREWER CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB1761 Brewer By Speier — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Brewer — primary (person)
- Cunneen — coauthor (person)
- Maldonado — coauthor (person)
- Rod Pacheco — author (person)
- Speier — coauthor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2000-09-14** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 439, Statutes of 2000.
- **2000-09-12** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2000-09-06** Enrolled and to the Governor at 10 a.m.
- **2000-08-25** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 70. Noes 5. Page 8285.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2000-08-24** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 26 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. Assembly Rule 77 suspended.
- **2000-08-24** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 27. Noes 6. Page 5943.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-08-21** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-08-18** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2000-08-10** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-08-09** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2000-06-20** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2000-06-19** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 6. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2000-06-12** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2000-06-07** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2000-06-05** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2000-05-16** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2000-05-08** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2000-05-08** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 67. Noes 8. Page 6225.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-05-02** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-05-01** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-04-27** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 19. Noes 0.) (April 26). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2000-04-25** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2000-04-24** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2000-04-10** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2000-04-04** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-04-03** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 13. Noes 1.) (March 28). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2000-03-23** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2000-03-20** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Judiciary Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2000-01-24** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2000-01-19** From printer. May be heard in committee February 18.
- **2000-01-18** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/99b3a811-386d-47e4-abf9-c1db0a3395ad`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).