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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Employment: hiring practices: electronic employment verification."
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description: "The E-Verify Program of the United States Department of Homeland Security, in partnership with the United States Social Security Administration, enables participating employers to use the program, on a voluntary basis, to verify that the employees they hire are authorized to work in the United States."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20112012"
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identifier: "AB 1236"
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citation: "California AB 1236 (20112012)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Employment: hiring practices: electronic employment verification."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Fong"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 17
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vote_count: 4
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first_action: "2011-02-18"
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last_action: "2011-10-09"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/757bbfb1-1694-4075-bd1b-c5fa4b63f081"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1236"
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source_hash: "870d9bb45daba3fc23ddeb0f2443fda13975285e08536ac9e7806188f317a373"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
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---
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# California AB 1236 (20112012) — Employment: hiring practices: electronic employment verification.
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The E-Verify Program of the United States Department of Homeland Security, in partnership with the United States Social Security Administration, enables participating employers to use the program, on a voluntary basis, to verify that the employees they hire are authorized to work in the United States.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **02/18/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1236&version=20110AB123699INT)
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2. **03/31/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1236&version=20110AB123698AMD)
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3. **10/09/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1236&version=20110AB123696CHP)
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4. **AB1236** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1236)
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5. **09/09/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1236&version=20110AB123697ENR)
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## Votes
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- AB 1236 FONG Assembly Third Reading — **55–22** (pass) · lower
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- 3rd Reading AB1236 Fong By DeSaulnier — **24–14** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass. — **5–1** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass. — **4–1** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Fong — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2011-02-18** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
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- **2011-02-20** From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
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- **2011-03-31** Referred to Com. on L. & E. `referral-committee`
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- **2011-03-31** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on L. & E. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage`
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- **2011-04-04** Re-referred to Com. on L. & E. `referral-committee`
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- **2011-05-05** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (May 4). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2011-05-09** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2011-05-19** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 55. Noes 22. Page 1465.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
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- **2011-05-19** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
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- **2011-06-02** Referred to Com. on L. & I.R. `referral-committee`
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- **2011-06-08** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (June 8). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2011-06-09** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2011-09-06** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 24. Noes 14. Page 2304.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
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- **2011-09-06** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
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- **2011-09-16** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
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- **2011-10-09** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2011-10-09** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 691, Statutes of 2011.
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/757bbfb1-1694-4075-bd1b-c5fa4b63f081`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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