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Bill	Administrative practices.	(1) Existing law requires every state agency subject to the Administrative Procedure Act to provide an initial statement of reasons for proposing the adoption, amendment, or repeal of a regulation. Existing law requires that the initial statement of reasons include, among other things, facts, evidence, documents, testimony, or other evidence on which the agency relies to support a specified determination.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20112012	AB 1612	California AB 1612 (20112012)	bill	Administrative practices.	enacted	Lara	7	27	7	2012-02-07	2012-09-23	openstates	ocd-bill/a9f79940-484e-4c1d-be7a-27e958eb952f	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1612	4f91ba59fd14a80e404fb39a11f27b84793bd3f5044925a4c265f48e83a8ad8a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 1612 (20112012) — Administrative practices.

(1) Existing law requires every state agency subject to the Administrative Procedure Act to provide an initial statement of reasons for proposing the adoption, amendment, or repeal of a regulation. Existing law requires that the initial statement of reasons include, among other things, facts, evidence, documents, testimony, or other evidence on which the agency relies to support a specified determination.

Version chain

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

1. 02/07/12 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 07/05/12 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 08/21/12 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 08/24/12 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/23/12 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. AB1612 (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/11/12 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Environmental Quality. — 8–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 1612 LARA Assembly Third Reading — 74–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 1612 LARA Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 79–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — 15–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB1612 Lara By Padilla — 33–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Lara — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2012-02-07 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2012-02-08 From printer. May be heard in committee March 9.
• 2012-02-17 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 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (March 28). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2012-03-29 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2012-04-12 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 4337.) reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2012-04-12 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2012-04-19 Referred to Coms. on T. & H. and E.Q. referral-committee
• 2012-06-13 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on E.Q. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 12). Re-referred to Com. on E.Q. referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2012-07-03 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 18). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2012-07-05 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2012-08-06 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. committee-passage
• 2012-08-07 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2012-08-09 From consent calendar.
• 2012-08-09 Ordered to third reading.
• 2012-08-21 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2012-08-22 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2012-08-24 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2012-08-27 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2012-08-29 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 4931.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2012-08-29 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 31 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2012-08-30 Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 6605.)
• 2012-08-30 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 6643.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2012-09-13 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
• 2012-09-23 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2012-09-23 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 471, Statutes of 2012.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a9f79940-484e-4c1d-be7a-27e958eb952f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).