Legal document assistants and unlawful detainer assistants.
Existing law provides for the regulation of legal document assistants and unlawful detainer assistants, and requires a legal document assistant or unlawful detainer assistant to be registered by the county clerk in the county in which the legal document assistant's or unlawful detainer assistant's principal place of business is located and where they maintain a branch office. Existing law makes the failure by a person who engages in acts of a legal document assistant or unlawful detainer assistant to comply with certain requirements for legal document assistants and unlawful detainer assistants a misdemeanor. Existing law repeals all of the provisions regulating legal document assistants and unlawful detainer assistants on January 1, 2021.
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AB 1213
California AB 1213 (20192020)
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Legal document assistants and unlawful detainer assistants.
California AB 1213 (20192020) — Legal document assistants and unlawful detainer assistants.
Existing law provides for the regulation of legal document assistants and unlawful detainer assistants, and requires a legal document assistant or unlawful detainer assistant to be registered by the county clerk in the county in which the legal document assistant's or unlawful detainer assistant's principal place of business is located and where they maintain a branch office. Existing law makes the failure by a person who engages in acts of a legal document assistant or unlawful detainer assistant to comply with certain requirements for legal document assistants and unlawful detainer assistants a misdemeanor. Existing law repeals all of the provisions regulating legal document assistants and unlawful detainer assistants on January 1, 2021.
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 9–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 18–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended, and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 12–0 (pass) · lower
3rd Reading AB1213 Chen By Jones — 39–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass — 7–0 (pass) · upper
AB 1213 Chen Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 77–0 (pass) · lower
AB 1213 Chen Consent Calendar Second Day — 76–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Chen — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2019-02-21 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2019-02-22 From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
2019-03-11 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
2019-04-03 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (April 2). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
2019-04-04 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2019-04-08 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
2019-04-24 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (April 24). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2019-04-25 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
2019-05-02 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1478.) passage, reading-3, reading-1
2019-05-02 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2019-05-16 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
2019-05-28 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, amendment-introduction
2019-06-04 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 4). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2019-06-24 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 24). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2019-06-25 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2019-07-01 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1873.). passage, reading-3, reading-1
2019-07-01 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 3 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
2019-07-08 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2564.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2019-07-19 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1:30 p.m.
2019-07-30 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2019-07-30 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 128, Statutes of 2019.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/98ba9723-cadb-4fd9-8f02-8705478a8722. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).