republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20132014/ab-1608.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Private investigators: limited liability companies."
description: "Existing law, the Private Investigator Act, provides for the licensure and regulation of private investigators by the Bureau of Security and Investigative Services within the Department of Consumer Affairs and makes a violation of the licensing requirements a crime. Existing law defines a person, for purposes of the act, to include any individual, firm, company, association, organization, partnership, and corporation. Under existing law, a license is not assignable."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 1608"
citation: "California AB 1608 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Private investigators: limited liability companies."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Olsen"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 28
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2014-02-05"
last_action: "2014-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4fb9fc48-45bc-451f-951a-446d86eaac8e"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1608"
source_hash: "86c2f519c23a2979a50e91d0a04a6c7dc9cdec2bad07c254363adc7c0f55debb"
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 1608 (20132014) — Private investigators: limited liability companies.

Existing law, the Private Investigator Act, provides for the licensure and regulation of private investigators by the Bureau of Security and Investigative Services within the Department of Consumer Affairs and makes a violation of the licensing requirements a crime. Existing law defines a person, for purposes of the act, to include any individual, firm, company, association, organization, partnership, and corporation. Under existing law, a license is not assignable.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/05/14 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1608&version=20130AB160899INT)
2. **03/18/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1608&version=20130AB160898AMD)
3. **07/01/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1608&version=20130AB160897AMD)
4. **08/13/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1608&version=20130AB160896AMD)
5. **08/20/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1608&version=20130AB160895AMD)
6. **09/27/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1608&version=20130AB160893CHP)
7. **AB1608** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1608)
8. **09/03/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1608&version=20130AB160894ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Judiciary. — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Judiciary. — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 1608 OLSEN Consent Calendar Second Day — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB1608 Olsen By Vidak — **31–1** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- AB 1608 OLSEN Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Olsen — primary (person)
- Vidak — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-02-05** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2014-02-06** From printer. May be heard in committee March 8.
- **2014-02-14** Referred to Coms. on B.,P. & C.P. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2014-03-18** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on B.,P. & C.P. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-03-19** Re-referred to Com. on B.,P. & C.P. `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-08** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 8). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2014-04-29** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2014-05-07** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 7). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-05-08** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-05-15** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 4971.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-05-15** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2014-05-22** Referred to Coms. on B., P. & E.D. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2014-06-05** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2014-06-17** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 16). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2014-06-30** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (June 24). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2014-07-01** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2014-08-04** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2014-08-05** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-08-13** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2014-08-14** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-08-20** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2014-08-21** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-08-25** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 31. Noes 1. Page 4823.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-08-25** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 27 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2014-08-27** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 6514.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2014-09-08** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2014-09-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2014-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 669, Statutes of 2014.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4fb9fc48-45bc-451f-951a-446d86eaac8e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).