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Bill	Deferred action for childhood arrivals.	(1) Under existing federal law, the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security has issued a directive allowing certain undocumented individuals who meet several key criteria for relief from removal from the United States or from entering into removal proceedings to be eligible to receive deferred action for a period of 2 years, subject to renewal, and who will be eligible to apply for work authorization.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20132014	AB 35	California AB 35 (20132014)	bill	Deferred action for childhood arrivals.	enacted	Roger Hernández	7	27	8	2012-12-03	2013-10-05	openstates	ocd-bill/e90dc5fb-8e8d-44a6-bf99-4439b9bd84eb	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB35	b6f3e665f8a54835bc083214a6e68af6918619c5b14ea9f41200f12e1d6d3037	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 35 (20132014) — Deferred action for childhood arrivals.

(1) Under existing federal law, the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security has issued a directive allowing certain undocumented individuals who meet several key criteria for relief from removal from the United States or from entering into removal proceedings to be eligible to receive deferred action for a period of 2 years, subject to renewal, and who will be eligible to apply for work authorization.

Version chain

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

1. 12/03/12 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/04/13 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/15/13 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 08/27/13 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 10/05/13 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. AB35 (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/12/13 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Judiciary. — 4–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Transportation. — 9–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 35 HERNÁNDEZ Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 55–18 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — 4–2 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — 13–2 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — 14–3 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB35 Roger Hernández By Lara — 25–10 (pass) · upper
• AB 35 HERNÁNDEZ Assembly Third Reading — 58–16 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Roger Hernández — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2012-12-03 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2012-12-04 From printer. May be heard in committee January 3.
• 2013-02-07 Referred to Coms. on JUD. and TRANS. referral-committee
• 2013-04-02 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2013-04-04 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2013-04-08 Re-referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2013-04-11 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on TRANS. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 9). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2013-04-15 Read second time and amended. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2013-04-16 Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. referral-committee
• 2013-04-30 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 2.) (April 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2013-05-16 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 3.) (May 15). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2013-05-20 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2013-05-23 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 58. Noes 16. Page 1561.) reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2013-05-23 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2013-06-06 Referred to Coms. on L. & I.R. and JUD. referral-committee
• 2013-06-12 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (June 12). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2013-07-03 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 2.) (July 2). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2013-08-12 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage
• 2013-08-13 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2013-08-27 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2013-08-28 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2013-09-06 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 25. Noes 10. Page 2189.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2013-09-06 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 8 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2013-09-09 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 55. Noes 18. Page 3041.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2013-09-25 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 571, Statutes of 2013.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e90dc5fb-8e8d-44a6-bf99-4439b9bd84eb. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).