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type: "Bill"
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title: "Licensing boards: denial of application: revocation or suspension of licensure: criminal conviction."
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description: "Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of various professions and vocations by boards within the Department of Consumer Affairs. Existing law authorizes a board to deny, suspend, or revoke a license or take disciplinary action against a licensee on the grounds that the applicant or licensee has, among other things, been convicted of a crime, as specified. Existing law provides that a person shall not be denied a license solely on the basis that the person has been convicted of a felony if he or she has obtained a certificate of rehabilitation or that the person has been convicted of a misdemeanor if he or she has met applicable requirements of rehabilitation developed by the board, as specified. Existing law also prohibits a person from being denied a license solely on the basis of a conviction that has been dismissed, as specified. Existing law requires a board to develop criteria to aid it when considering the denial, suspension, or revocation of a license to determine whether a crime is substantially related to the qualifications, functions, or duties of the business or profession the board regulates and requires a board to develop criteria to evaluate the rehabilitation of a person when considering the denial, suspension, or revocation of a license."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20172018"
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identifier: "AB 2138"
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citation: "California AB 2138 (20172018)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Licensing boards: denial of application: revocation or suspension of licensure: criminal conviction."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Chiu"]
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version_count: 8
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action_count: 29
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vote_count: 9
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first_action: "2018-02-12"
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last_action: "2018-09-30"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f3d9e851-8367-4729-a776-b2062f70fb55"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2138"
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source_hash: "90fc8b1097f3641dc31b95c005f9da5e711c26f5262ed2a3fed6818a682563fb"
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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 2138 (20172018) — Licensing boards: denial of application: revocation or suspension of licensure: criminal conviction.
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Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of various professions and vocations by boards within the Department of Consumer Affairs. Existing law authorizes a board to deny, suspend, or revoke a license or take disciplinary action against a licensee on the grounds that the applicant or licensee has, among other things, been convicted of a crime, as specified. Existing law provides that a person shall not be denied a license solely on the basis that the person has been convicted of a felony if he or she has obtained a certificate of rehabilitation or that the person has been convicted of a misdemeanor if he or she has met applicable requirements of rehabilitation developed by the board, as specified. Existing law also prohibits a person from being denied a license solely on the basis of a conviction that has been dismissed, as specified. Existing law requires a board to develop criteria to aid it when considering the denial, suspension, or revocation of a license to determine whether a crime is substantially related to the qualifications, functions, or duties of the business or profession the board regulates and requires a board to develop criteria to evaluate the rehabilitation of a person when considering the denial, suspension, or revocation of a license.
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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. **02/12/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2138&version=20170AB213899INT)
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2. **04/02/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2138&version=20170AB213898AMD)
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3. **05/25/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2138&version=20170AB213897AMD)
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4. **06/20/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2138&version=20170AB213896AMD)
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5. **08/24/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2138&version=20170AB213895AMD)
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6. **09/30/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2138&version=20170AB213893CHP)
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7. **AB2138** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2138)
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8. **09/04/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2138&version=20170AB213894ENR)
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## Votes
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- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **11–5** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **4–2** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass — **5–2** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Public Safety] — **6–3** (pass) · upper
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- 3rd Reading AB2138 Chiu et al. By Skinner — **24–13** (pass) · upper
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- AB 2138 CHIU Assembly Third Reading — **45–29** (pass) · lower
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- AB 2138 CHIU Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **47–29** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass as amended. — **12–4** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Chiu — primary (person)
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- Low — author (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-02-12** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
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- **2018-02-13** From printer. May be heard in committee March 15.
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- **2018-02-26** Referred to Com. on B. & P. `referral-committee`
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- **2018-04-02** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on B. & P. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2018-04-03** Re-referred to Com. on B. & P. `referral-committee`
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- **2018-04-24** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 5.) (April 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2018-05-23** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
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- **2018-05-25** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 5298.)
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- **2018-05-25** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 4.) (May 25). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
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- **2018-05-25** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2`
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- **2018-05-29** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2018-05-31** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 45. Noes 29. Page 5633.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2018-06-04** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
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- **2018-06-13** Referred to Coms. on B., P. & E.D. and PUB. S. `referral-committee`
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- **2018-06-19** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. (Ayes 6. Noes 3.) (June 18). Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2018-06-20** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction`
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- **2018-06-26** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 2.) (June 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2018-08-06** In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
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- **2018-08-17** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 16). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2018-08-17** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2018-08-24** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
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- **2018-08-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2018-08-28** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 24. Noes 13. Page 5902.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2018-08-28** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
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- **2018-08-29** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 6773.)
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- **2018-08-30** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 47. Noes 29. Page 6991.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
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- **2018-09-11** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
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- **2018-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2018-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 995, Statutes of 2018.
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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/f3d9e851-8367-4729-a776-b2062f70fb55`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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