Professions and vocations: process servers: registration.
Existing law, the violation of which is a crime, requires specified natural persons, corporations, and partnerships to register, in the county in which they reside or in which their principal place of business is located, a certificate of registration as a process server. Existing law also requires a registrant, upon initial filing, to submit to a fingerprint check to verify that the registrant has not been convicted of a felony, and specifies procedures for revoking or suspending a certificate of registration.
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California Legislature
20092010
AB 1123
California AB 1123 (20092010)
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Professions and vocations: process servers: registration.
California AB 1123 (20092010) — Professions and vocations: process servers: registration.
Existing law, the violation of which is a crime, requires specified natural persons, corporations, and partnerships to register, in the county in which they reside or in which their principal place of business is located, a certificate of registration as a process server. Existing law also requires a registrant, upon initial filing, to submit to a fingerprint check to verify that the registrant has not been convicted of a felony, and specifies procedures for revoking or suspending a certificate of registration.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · upper
Special Consent #12 AB1123 Davis — pass (pass) · upper
AB 1123 DAVIS Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — pass (pass) · lower
Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — pass (pass) · lower
Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — pass (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Davis — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2009-02-27 Introduced. To print. introduction
2009-03-01 From printer. May be heard in committee March 30.
2009-03-02 Read first time. reading-1
2009-03-31 Referred to Com. on B. & P. referral-committee
2009-04-20 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on B. & P. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1
2009-04-21 Re-referred to Com. on B. & P. referral-committee
2009-04-29 From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 28). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2009-05-14 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 13). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2009-05-18 Read second time. To Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2009-05-21 Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1630.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
2009-05-21 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2009-06-04 Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. referral-committee
2009-06-22 From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 22). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2009-06-29 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage
2009-06-30 Read second time. To third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2009-07-02 Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
2009-07-09 Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 1664.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
2009-07-09 In Assembly. To enrollment.
2009-07-30 Enrolled and to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
2009-08-05 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2009-08-06 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 137, Statutes of 2009.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f8f1ca12-c223-451a-a6ae-2b2ad83581e9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).