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type: "Bill"
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title: "Immigration services."
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description: "Existing law, the State Bar Act, provides for the licensure and regulation of attorneys by the State Bar of California, a public corporation. Existing law prohibits an attorney from demanding or accepting the advance payment of any funds from a person before the enactment of an immigration reform act, as defined, that is enacted after October 5, 2013, and before January 1, 2017, and requires any funds received during a specified time to be refunded to the client promptly, but no later than 30 days after the receipt of any funds, as provided. Existing law requires the State Bar to provide specified information relating to immigration reform act services on its Internet Web site."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20152016"
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identifier: "AB 60"
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citation: "California AB 60 (20152016)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Immigration services."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Gonzalez"]
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version_count: 8
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action_count: 28
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2014-12-10"
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last_action: "2015-06-17"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2ee03a3f-11e5-4a71-92e8-e3b7db144114"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB60"
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source_hash: "dd66bb7cd948571c796d46fdb1c9a2d328f2f92c83144d743a64302d472b5f2d"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
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---
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# California AB 60 (20152016) — Immigration services.
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Existing law, the State Bar Act, provides for the licensure and regulation of attorneys by the State Bar of California, a public corporation. Existing law prohibits an attorney from demanding or accepting the advance payment of any funds from a person before the enactment of an immigration reform act, as defined, that is enacted after October 5, 2013, and before January 1, 2017, and requires any funds received during a specified time to be refunded to the client promptly, but no later than 30 days after the receipt of any funds, as provided. Existing law requires the State Bar to provide specified information relating to immigration reform act services on its Internet Web site.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **12/10/14 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB60&version=20150AB6099INT)
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2. **03/09/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB60&version=20150AB6098AMD)
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3. **03/19/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB60&version=20150AB6097AMD)
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4. **03/26/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB60&version=20150AB6096AMD)
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5. **05/22/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB60&version=20150AB6095AMD)
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6. **06/17/15 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB60&version=20150AB6093CHP)
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7. **AB60** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB60)
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8. **06/03/15 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB60&version=20150AB6094ENR)
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## Votes
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- Do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. — **16–0** (pass) · lower
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- AB 60 GONZALEZ Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **79–0** (pass) · lower
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- AB 60 GONZALEZ Third Reading Urgency — **77–0** (pass) · lower
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- 3rd Reading AB60 Gonzalez By Hill Urgency Clause — **37–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **10–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Gonzalez — primary (person)
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- Alejo — coauthor (person)
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- Baker — coauthor (person)
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- Chiu — coauthor (person)
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- Chu — coauthor (person)
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- Chávez — coauthor (person)
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- Cristina Garcia — coauthor (person)
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- Dahle — coauthor (person)
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- De León — principal coauthor (person)
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- Gipson — coauthor (person)
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- Hall — coauthor (person)
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- Lackey — coauthor (person)
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- Mathis — coauthor (person)
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- Weber — coauthor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2014-12-10** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
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- **2014-12-11** From printer. May be heard in committee January 10.
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- **2015-01-05** Read first time. `reading-1`
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- **2015-01-22** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
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- **2015-03-09** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
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- **2015-03-10** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
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- **2015-03-18** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (March 17). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
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- **2015-03-19** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2015-03-23** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
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- **2015-03-25** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (March 25). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
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- **2015-03-26** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2015-04-06** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2015-04-09** From Consent Calendar.
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- **2015-04-09** Ordered to third reading.
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- **2015-04-13** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 883.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2015-04-13** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
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- **2015-04-27** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
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- **2015-05-06** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (May 5). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2015-05-18** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
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- **2015-05-19** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2015-05-22** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
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- **2015-05-26** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2015-05-28** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 1123.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2015-05-28** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after May 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
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- **2015-06-02** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 1759.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
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- **2015-06-05** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
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- **2015-06-17** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2015-06-17** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 6, Statutes of 2015.
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2ee03a3f-11e5-4a71-92e8-e3b7db144114`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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