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Bill	Immigration services.	Existing law, the State Bar Act, provides for the licensure and regulation of attorneys by the State Bar of California, a public corporation.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20132014	AB 1159	California AB 1159 (20132014)	bill	Immigration services.	enacted	Gonzalez	11	45	12	2013-02-22	2013-10-05	openstates	ocd-bill/89f3b4ea-be0c-4f37-a705-96b6692e0e3a	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1159	7964ad589affe90254eb747297460cce276d364f21e44d8202e4115faded6d0d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 1159 (20132014) — Immigration services.

Existing law, the State Bar Act, provides for the licensure and regulation of attorneys by the State Bar of California, a public corporation.

Version chain

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

1. 02/22/13 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 07/10/13 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 08/12/13 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 08/15/13 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/22/13 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/03/13 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/06/13 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/11/13 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
9. 10/05/13 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
10. AB1159 (committee substitute) — source
11. 09/18/13 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass. — 12–5 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended. — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 1159 BLUMENFIELD Assembly Third Reading — 54–22 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Judiciary. — 9–0 (pass) · upper
• Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — 7–1 (pass) · upper
• AB 1159 GONZALEZ Concurrence - Urgency Added — 76–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — 6–0 (pass) · lower
• From Committee: That the measure be returned to the Senate floor for consideration. — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Supp 1 AB1159 Gonzalez By De León Urgency Clause — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• amendments be concurred in. — 9–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Gonzalez — primary (person)
• Alejo — coauthor (person)
• Anderson — coauthor (person)
• Block — coauthor (person)
• Campos — coauthor (person)
• Chavez — coauthor (person)
• Cooley — coauthor (person)
• De León — principal coauthor (person)
• Gorrell — coauthor (person)
• Hernandez — coauthor (person)
• Hueso — coauthor (person)
• Ian Calderon — coauthor (person)
• Levine — coauthor (person)
• Linder — coauthor (person)
• Maienschein — coauthor (person)
• Nestande — coauthor (person)
• Perea — coauthor (person)
• Quirk-Silva — coauthor (person)
• Wagner — coauthor (person)
• Weber — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2013-02-22 Introduced. To print. introduction
• 2013-02-24 From printer. May be heard in committee March 26.
• 2013-02-25 Read first time. reading-1
• 2013-03-07 Referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
• 2013-04-04 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 3). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2013-04-10 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (April 10). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2013-04-11 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2013-05-09 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 54. Noes 22. Page 1319.) reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2013-05-09 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2013-05-23 Referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
• 2013-06-12 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 1.) (June 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2013-06-24 In committee: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
• 2013-07-10 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2013-07-11 Withdrawn from committee.
• 2013-07-11 Re-referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
• 2013-08-12 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on RLS. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2013-08-14 Re-referred to Coms. on B., P. & E.D. and JUD. referral-committee
• 2013-08-15 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. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2013-08-20 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (August 19). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2013-08-21 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2013-08-22 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2013-08-27 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2013-08-30 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 30). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2013-09-03 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2013-09-06 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2013-09-09 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2013-09-09 Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(b). referral-committee
• 2013-09-09 From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on JUD. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) Re-referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2013-09-10 From committee: Return to Senate floor for consideration. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (September 10). committee-passage
• 2013-09-10 Ordered to third reading.
• 2013-09-10 Measure version as amended on September 6 corrected. amendment-passage
• 2013-09-11 Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10. referral-committee
• 2013-09-11 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on RLS. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2013-09-12 Withdrawn from committee.
• 2013-09-12 Ordered to third reading.
• 2013-09-12 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2400.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2013-09-12 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
• 2013-09-12 Re-referred to Com. on JUD. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. referral-committee
• 2013-09-12 Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 3341.)
• 2013-09-12 From committee: That the Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (September 12). committee-passage
• 2013-09-12 Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Page 3345.)
• 2013-09-12 Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 3345.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2013-09-26 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
• 2013-10-05 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2013-10-05 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 574, Statutes of 2013.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/89f3b4ea-be0c-4f37-a705-96b6692e0e3a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).