republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20112012/sb-238.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Athlete agents."
description: "Existing law, the Miller-Ayala Athlete Agents Act, regulates specified activities of an athlete agent in representing or seeking to represent student athletes and professional athletes, and authorizes certain civil remedies for its violation. The act also makes a violation of its provisions a misdemeanor offense and authorizes the court to suspend or revoke the privilege of a person to conduct the business of an athlete agent if the person is convicted of a violation of the act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "SB 238"
citation: "California SB 238 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Athlete agents."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["De León"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 24
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2011-02-09"
last_action: "2011-08-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c6e4337a-a4fd-4f72-a3a2-ba7a4ce4a13f"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB238"
source_hash: "59918d240f72556ccd62b0c1be6fe7f3c998e54101fa5d83a330bdda2e2ab0f8"
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 SB 238 (20112012) — Athlete agents.

Existing law, the Miller-Ayala Athlete Agents Act, regulates specified activities of an athlete agent in representing or seeking to represent student athletes and professional athletes, and authorizes certain civil remedies for its violation. The act also makes a violation of its provisions a misdemeanor offense and authorizes the court to suspend or revoke the privilege of a person to conduct the business of an athlete agent if the person is convicted of a violation of the act.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/09/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB238&version=20110SB23899INT)
2. **04/13/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB238&version=20110SB23898AMD)
3. **08/01/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB238&version=20110SB23896CHP)
4. **SB238** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB238)
5. **07/15/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB238&version=20110SB23897ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Arts, Entertain, Sports, Tourism, & Internet Media to Consent Calendar. — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Public Safety. — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading SB238 De León — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 238 De León Consent Calendar Second Day — **76–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- De León — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-02-09** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2011-02-10** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 12.
- **2011-02-17** Referred to Coms. on B., P. & E.D. and PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-18** Set for hearing April 4.
- **2011-04-05** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. (Ayes 8. Noes 0. Page 540.) (April 4). Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-04-08** Set for hearing April 26.
- **2011-04-13** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-04-14** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2011-04-14** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-15** Set for hearing May 2.
- **2011-05-03** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2011-05-04** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-05-16** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 984.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-05-16** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2011-05-27** Referred to Coms. on JUD. and A.,E.,S.,T., & I.M. `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-14** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on A.,E.,S.,T., & I.M. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 14). Re-referred to Com. on A.,E.,S.,T., & I.M. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-06-21** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 21). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-07-06** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (July 6). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-07-07** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-07-14** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 2342.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-07-14** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2011-07-19** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1 p.m.
- **2011-08-01** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2011-08-01** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 146, Statutes of 2011.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c6e4337a-a4fd-4f72-a3a2-ba7a4ce4a13f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).