republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20032004/ab-534.md

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Bill	Immigration consultants: client protection.	Immigration consultants: client protection.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20032004	AB 534	California AB 534 (20032004)	bill	Immigration consultants: client protection.	enacted	Vargas	8	30	7	2003-02-18	2003-09-17	openstates	ocd-bill/338c61ed-f31e-46c1-9807-fc0debe3bea8	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB534	d2456aec3ce7bfea453184e371420e289bee16ef7d91013af9f140143d62c413	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 534 (20032004) — Immigration consultants: client protection.

Version chain

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

1. 02/18/03 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/10/03 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/29/03 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 07/22/03 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/25/03 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/17/03 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
7. AB534 (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/03/03 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · upper
• ab 534 vargas concurrence in senate amendments — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Judiciary. — pass (pass) · upper
• special consent #27 ab534 vargas by romero — pass (pass) · upper
• ab 534 vargas assembly third reading — pass (pass) · lower
• do pass, to consent calendar. — pass (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Vargas — primary (person)
• Chavez — coauthor (person)
• Corbett — coauthor (person)
• Correa — principal coauthor (person)
• Diaz — coauthor (person)
• Dutra — coauthor (person)
• Frommer — coauthor (person)
• Hancock — coauthor (person)
• Laird — coauthor (person)
• Lieber — coauthor (person)
• Maze — coauthor (person)
• Nunez — coauthor (person)
• Soto — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2003-09-17 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 384, Statutes of 2003.
• 2003-09-16 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2003-09-09 Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.
• 2003-09-03 Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 3373.) committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2003-09-02 From Special Consent Calendar. To unfinished business file.
• 2003-08-28 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
• 2003-08-28 Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2208.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2003-08-26 Read second time. To third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2003-08-25 Read third time, amended. To second reading. reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2003-08-20 Read second time. To third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2003-08-19 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage
• 2003-07-22 Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2003-07-21 From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 6. Noes 0.). referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, committee-passage
• 2003-07-10 Joint Rule 61(a)(9) suspended. (Page 1731.)
• 2003-06-24 From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Judiciary Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.). committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2003-05-29 Referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection and Standing Committee on Judiciary. referral-committee
• 2003-05-20 In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. reading-1
• 2003-05-19 Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1774.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2003-05-15 From Consent Calendar. To third reading.
• 2003-05-12 Read second time. To Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2003-05-08 Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 7). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2003-04-30 Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. referral-committee
• 2003-04-29 Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2003-04-28 From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 22). referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, committee-passage
• 2003-04-21 Re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. referral-committee
• 2003-04-10 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Judiciary Read second time and amended. referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1
• 2003-04-01 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2003-02-27 Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. referral-committee
• 2003-02-19 From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
• 2003-02-18 Read first time. To print. reading-1

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/338c61ed-f31e-46c1-9807-fc0debe3bea8. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).