republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20092010/ab-2130.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Professions and vocations: sunset review."
description: "Existing law establishes the Joint Committee on Boards, Commissions, and Consumer Protection and, until January 1, 2012, requires the committee to hold public hearings at specified times and to evaluate whether a board or regulatory program has demonstrated a need for its continued existence. Existing law states the intent of the Legislature that all existing and proposed state boards be subject to review every 4 years to evaluate and determine whether each has demonstrated a public need for its continued existence, as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20092010"
identifier: "AB 2130"
citation: "California AB 2130 (20092010)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Professions and vocations: sunset review."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Huber"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 27
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2010-02-18"
last_action: "2010-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/37351d48-2eca-4ad1-a63a-ea65914183be"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2130"
source_hash: "907f80d26c5854d998a2b9fb6cc674f5e5905c24c170db2fcdaa745151bdaf94"
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 2130 (20092010) — Professions and vocations: sunset review.

Existing law establishes the Joint Committee on Boards, Commissions, and Consumer Protection and, until January 1, 2012, requires the committee to hold public hearings at specified times and to evaluate whether a board or regulatory program has demonstrated a need for its continued existence. Existing law states the intent of the Legislature that all existing and proposed state boards be subject to review every 4 years to evaluate and determine whether each has demonstrated a public need for its continued existence, as specified.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/18/10 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2130&version=20090AB213099INT)
2. **06/02/10 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2130&version=20090AB213098AMD)
3. **06/22/10 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2130&version=20090AB213097AMD)
4. **08/18/10 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2130&version=20090AB213096AMD)
5. **09/30/10 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2130&version=20090AB213094CHP)
6. **AB2130** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2130)
7. **09/02/10 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2130&version=20090AB213095ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Rules. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 2130 HUBER Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 2130 HUBER Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB2130 Huber By DeSaulnier — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Huber — primary (person)
- DeSaulnier — coauthor (person)
- Niello — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2010-02-18** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2010-02-19** From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
- **2010-03-11** Referred to Com. on B. & P. `referral-committee`
- **2010-04-06** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (April 6). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2010-04-21** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2010-05-28** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 28). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2010-05-28** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-06-02** Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. (Page 5447.). `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2010-06-03** Assembly Rule 69(d) suspended. (Page 5549.)
- **2010-06-03** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 3. Page 5552.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2010-06-07** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2010-06-10** Referred to Coms. on B., P. & E.D. and RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2010-06-16** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2010-06-22** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-1`
- **2010-06-29** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on RLS. Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 28). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2010-06-30** Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2010-08-02** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2010-08-03** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-08-18** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2010-08-19** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-08-23** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 4790.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2010-08-23** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 25 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2010-08-24** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 6558.)
- **2010-08-24** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 75. Noes 1. Page 6580.) `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2010-09-08** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
- **2010-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2010-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 670, Statutes of 2010.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/37351d48-2eca-4ad1-a63a-ea65914183be`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).