republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20112012/ab-1588.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Professions and vocations: reservist licensees: fees and continuing education."
description: "Existing law provides for the regulation of various professions and vocations by boards within the Department of Consumer Affairs and for the licensure or registration of individuals in that regard. Existing law authorizes any licensee whose license expired while he or she was on active duty as a member of the California National Guard or the United States Armed Forces to reinstate his or her license without examination or penalty if certain requirements are met."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 1588"
citation: "California AB 1588 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Professions and vocations: reservist licensees: fees and continuing education."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Atkins"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 28
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2012-02-06"
last_action: "2012-09-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5d6633c1-b4cf-437a-b6b3-59636e2ff8dc"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1588"
source_hash: "2d42ef09f91e89f46a1e785ba3a91053714e585af74486bbefb2052e396c1dc0"
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 1588 (20112012) — Professions and vocations: reservist licensees: fees and continuing education.

Existing law provides for the regulation of various professions and vocations by boards within the Department of Consumer Affairs and for the licensure or registration of individuals in that regard. Existing law authorizes any licensee whose license expired while he or she was on active duty as a member of the California National Guard or the United States Armed Forces to reinstate his or her license without examination or penalty if certain requirements are met.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/06/12 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1588&version=20110AB158899INT)
2. **03/05/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1588&version=20110AB158898AMD)
3. **06/25/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1588&version=20110AB158897AMD)
4. **08/22/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1588&version=20110AB158896AMD)
5. **09/29/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1588&version=20110AB158894CHP)
6. **AB1588** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1588)
7. **09/11/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1588&version=20110AB158895ENR)

## Votes

- AB 1588 ATKINS Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **80–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB1588 Atkins By Calderon — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1588 ATKINS Assembly Third Reading — **78–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Atkins — primary (person)
- Allen — coauthor (person)
- Beth Gaines — coauthor (person)
- Bill Berryhill — coauthor (person)
- Block — coauthor (person)
- Butler — coauthor (person)
- Cook — principal coauthor (person)
- Nielsen — principal coauthor (person)
- Pan — coauthor (person)
- V. Manuel Pérez — coauthor (person)
- Williams — coauthor (person)
- Yamada — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-02-06** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2012-02-07** From printer. May be heard in committee March 8.
- **2012-02-17** Referred to Com. on B., P. & C.P. `referral-committee`
- **2012-03-05** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on B., P. & C.P. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-03-06** Re-referred to Com. on B., P. & C.P. `referral-committee`
- **2012-03-13** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (March 13). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-03-28** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2012-05-25** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 25). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-05-25** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-05-30** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 5090.) `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 B., P. & E.D. `referral-committee`
- **2012-06-25** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-07-03** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (July 2). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-08-06** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2012-08-07** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-08-15** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2012-08-22** From consent calendar.
- **2012-08-22** Ordered to third reading.
- **2012-08-22** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-08-23** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-08-28** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 4884.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-08-28** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2012-08-29** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 6488.)
- **2012-08-29** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 1588.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2012-09-12** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:40 p.m.
- **2012-09-29** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2012-09-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 742, Statutes of 2012.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5d6633c1-b4cf-437a-b6b3-59636e2ff8dc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).