California 2009-2010 Regular Session Status: Enacted

AB 620 — County clerks: recordkeeping: registrations.

Last action — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 458, Statutes of 2009.

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed Assembly
  4. ✓
    Passed Senate
  5. ✓
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 25, 2009. Enacted.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 70% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

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  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 1 sponsor

    1 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 7 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

Existing law defines and regulates the activities of legal document assistants and unlawful detainer assistants, process servers, and professional photocopiers. Existing law requires those professionals to register in the county in which his or her principal place of business is located. Existing law requires the county clerk of each county to maintain a register of, and assign a unique number to, those persons, and to issue an identification card to each registrant. Existing law requires the identification cards to contain a photograph and to meet varying minimum size requirements, as specified. This bill would change the minimum size requirements of the cards to 314 by 2 inches, and would delete a provision that requires the issuance of additional cards to employees of legal document assistants and unlawful detainer assistants, as specified. The bill would also specify that cards issued to partnerships or corporations be issued in the name of the partnership or corporation, and that no photograph be included. The bill would also require the inclusion of the name of the partnership or corporation on the card of an employee of a photocopier. Existing law requires a person filing for a fictitious business name to submit specified fees to the county clerk for the filing of the fictitious business name statement. Existing law requires the fees to be used in a specified manner, including to cover the costs of the county clerk in notifying registrants of the pending expiration of their fictitious business name statement. This bill would specify that a county clerk is not required to retain any returned notice of pending expiration that is returned as undeliverable by the United States Postal Service. Existing law requires the application for registration of professional photocopiers to include specified statements. This bill would require that application to be certified to be true. The bill would provide that a person or entity that knowingly provides false information is subject to specified civil penalties. Existing law requires that at least one person involved in the management of a professional photocopier be a licensed notary public. This bill would require written confirmation from a nonregistrant notary public to authorize the use of his or her commission for registration.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 458, Statutes of 2009.

  2. Approved by the Governor.

  3. Enrolled and to the Governor at 1:30 p.m.

  4. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 60. Noes 15. Page 3080.)

  5. In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 4 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.

  6. Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 2065.)

  7. Read second time. To third reading.

  8. Withdrawn from committee. Ordered placed on second reading file.

  9. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  10. From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (July 14).

  11. In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.

  12. Re-referred to Com. on JUD.

  13. From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on RLS. Re-referred. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 22).

  14. Referred to Coms. on B., P. & E.D. and RLS.

  15. In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

  16. Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 66. Noes 4. Page 1544.)

  17. Read second time. To third reading.

  18. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (May 6).

  19. From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 21).

  20. Referred to Com. on B. & P.

  21. From printer. May be heard in committee March 28.

  22. Read first time. To print.

Sponsors

  • John A. Perez · Primary

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 121 not signed on · 2 voted No

Sponsors (1)

  • John A. Perez

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (121)

121 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

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Votes

AB 620 PEREZ, J. Concurrence in Senate Amendments

Passed 70 Yea · 16 Nay · 5 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 651604
Democratic 2001
Republican 3000
Total 701605
% of votes cast 77%18%0%5%
How each member voted (91)
Member Party Vote
Hall — Yea
Tom — Yea
Ammiano — Yea
Beall — Yea
Evans — Yea
Feuer — Yea
Fuller — Nay
De — Yea
La — Yea
Torre — Yea
De — Yea
Leon — Yea
Yamada — Yea
Fletcher — Yea
Fong — Yea
Bonnie — Yea
Lowenthal — Yea
V. — Yea
Manuel — Yea
Perez — Yea
John — Yea
A. — Yea
Perez — Yea
Portantino — Yea
Salas — Yea
Saldana — Yea
Audra — Yea
Chesbro — Yea
Cook — Nay
Bill — Nay
Galgiani — Yea
Gilmore — Nay
Charles — Not Voting
Buchanan — Yea
Coto — Yea
Hagman — Nay
Harkey — Nay
Hayashi — Yea
Hill — Yea
Huber — Yea
Jeffries — Nay
Knight — Nay
Lieu — Yea
Logue — Nay
Mendoza — Yea
Miller — Nay
Nava — Yea
Nestande — Yea
Ruskin — Yea
Silva — Yea
Skinner — Yea
Smyth — Yea
Swanson — Yea
Torlakson — Yea
Torrico — Yea
Tran — Yea
Duvall — Not Voting
Adams — Yea
Anderson — Nay
Bass — Yea
Blakeslee — Yea
Block — Yea
Blumenfield — Yea
Brownley — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Huffman — Yea
Krekorian — Yea
Ma — Yea
Monning — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Solorio — Yea
Torres — Yea
Villines — Nay
Carter — Yea
Conway — Not Voting
Emmerson — Yea
Eng — Yea
Davis — Yea
DeVore — Nay
Fuentes — Yea
Furutani — Not Voting
Garrick — Nay
Beth Gaines — Nay
Bill Berryhill — Yea
Bill Berryhill — Nay
Arambula, Joaquin Democratic Yea
Caballero, Anna M. Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Not Voting
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea
Niello, Roger W. Republican Yea
Strickland, Tony Republican Yea

Official roll call →

Assembly 3rd Reading AB620 John A. Perez By Corbett

Passed 36 Yea · 0 Nay · 5 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 33005
Democratic 2000
Republican 1000
Total 36005
% of votes cast 88%0%0%12%
How each member voted (41)
Member Party Vote
Yee — Yea
Hancock — Yea
Harman — Yea
Huff — Yea
Kehoe — Yea
Ducheny — Yea
Dutton — Yea
Leno — Yea
Liu — Yea
Lowenthal — Yea
Benoit — Yea
Negrete — Yea
Runner — Yea
Wyland — Yea
Cedillo — Not Voting
Hollingsworth — Not Voting
Maldonado — Yea
Oropeza — Not Voting
Price — Yea
Romero — Yea
Steinberg — Yea
Walters — Not Voting
Wiggins — Yea
Wolk — Yea
Wright — Yea
Aanestad — Yea
Alquist — Yea
Ashburn — Yea
McLeod — Yea
Pavley — Yea
Simitian — Yea
Cogdill — Yea
Corbett — Yea
Correa — Yea
Cox — Yea
DeSaulnier — Not Voting
Denham — Yea
Florez — Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Padilla, Stephen C. Democratic Yea
Strickland, Tony Republican Yea

Official roll call →

Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Rules.

Passed 10 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 10001
Total 10001
% of votes cast 91%0%0%9%
How each member voted (11)
Member Party Vote
Yee — Yea
Negrete — Yea
Corbett — Yea
Oropeza — Yea
Walters — Not Voting
Aanestad — Yea
McLeod — Yea
Romero — Yea
Wyland — Yea
Correa — Yea
Florez — Yea

Official roll call →

AB 620 PEREZ, J. Assembly Third Reading

Passed 77 Yea · 5 Nay · 10 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 695010
Republican 3000
Democratic 5000
Total 775010
% of votes cast 84%5%0%11%
How each member voted (92)
Member Party Vote
Hagman — Not Voting
Bonnie — Yea
V. — Yea
Manuel — Yea
Perez — Yea
John — Yea
A. — Yea
Perez — Yea
Portantino — Yea
Salas — Yea
Audra — Yea
DeVore — Not Voting
Duvall — Not Voting
Tom — Nay
Berryhill — Nay
Gaines — Not Voting
Saldana — Not Voting
Gilmore — Nay
Harkey — Not Voting
Huffman — Yea
Knight — Nay
Krekorian — Yea
Lieu — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
Miller — Yea
Anderson — Nay
Bass — Yea
Monning — Yea
Nava — Yea
Nestande — Yea
Price — Not Voting
Silva — Yea
Smyth — Yea
Solorio — Yea
Torlakson — Yea
Torres — Yea
Tran — Yea
Villines — Not Voting
Carter — Yea
Chesbro — Yea
Evans — Yea
Conway — Yea
Cook — Yea
Bill — Yea
Berryhill — Yea
Feuer — Yea
Fuller — Yea
Furutani — Yea
Galgiani — Yea
Charles — Yea
Hall — Yea
Hayashi — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
De — Yea
La — Yea
Torre — Yea
De — Yea
Leon — Yea
Fletcher — Yea
Ammiano — Yea
Blakeslee — Yea
Coto — Yea
Adams — Yea
Beall — Yea
Block — Yea
Blumenfield — Yea
Brownley — Yea
Buchanan — Yea
Hill — Yea
Huber — Yea
Jeffries — Not Voting
Logue — Yea
Ma — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Ruskin — Yea
Skinner — Yea
Swanson — Yea
Torrico — Yea
Emmerson — Yea
Eng — Not Voting
Davis — Yea
Yamada — Yea
Fuentes — Yea
Garrick — Yea
Arambula, Joaquin Democratic Yea
Caballero, Anna M. Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Fong, Mike Democratic Yea
Lowenthal, Josh Democratic Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea
Niello, Roger W. Republican Yea
Strickland, Tony Republican Yea

Official roll call →

Do pass.

Passed 15 Yea · 0 Nay · 6 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 14005
Democratic 1000
Republican 0001
Total 15006
% of votes cast 71%0%0%29%
How each member voted (21)
Member Party Vote
Hall — Yea
Harkey — Not Voting
Charles — Yea
De — Yea
Leon — Yea
John — Yea
A. — Yea
Perez — Yea
Miller — Not Voting
Duvall — Not Voting
Torlakson — Yea
Audra — Not Voting
Ammiano — Yea
Nielsen — Not Voting
Price — Yea
Skinner — Yea
Solorio — Yea
Davis — Yea
Fuentes — Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Strickland, Tony Republican Not Voting

Official roll call →

Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations.

Passed 11 Yea · 0 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 10002
Republican 1000
Total 11002
% of votes cast 85%0%0%15%
How each member voted (13)
Member Party Vote
John — Yea
A. — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Perez — Yea
Ruskin — Yea
Smyth — Not Voting
Hayashi — Yea
Nava — Yea
Price — Yea
Conway — Yea
Emmerson — Not Voting
Eng — Yea
Niello, Roger W. Republican Yea

Official roll call →

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Frequently asked questions

What does AB 620 do?
Existing law defines and regulates the activities of legal document assistants and unlawful detainer assistants, process servers, and professional photocopiers. Existing law requires those professionals to register in the county in which his or her principal place of business is located. Existing law requires the county clerk of each county to maintain a register of, and assign a unique number to, those persons, and to issue an identification card to each registrant. Existing law requires the identification cards to contain a photograph and to meet varying minimum size requirements, as specified. This bill would change the minimum size requirements of the cards to 314 by 2 inches, and would delete a provision that requires the issuance of additional cards to employees of legal document assistants and unlawful detainer assistants, as specified. The bill would also specify that cards issued to partnerships or corporations be issued in the name of the partnership or corporation, and that no photograph be included. The bill would also require the inclusion of the name of the partnership or corporation on the card of an employee of a photocopier. Existing law requires a person filing for a fictitious business name to submit specified fees to the county clerk for the filing of the fictitious business name statement. Existing law requires the fees to be used in a specified manner, including to cover the costs of the county clerk in notifying registrants of the pending expiration of their fictitious business name statement. This bill would specify that a county clerk is not required to retain any returned notice of pending expiration that is returned as undeliverable by the United States Postal Service. Existing law requires the application for registration of professional photocopiers to include specified statements. This bill would require that application to be certified to be true. The bill would provide that a person or entity that knowingly provides false information is subject to specified civil penalties. Existing law requires that at least one person involved in the management of a professional photocopier be a licensed notary public. This bill would require written confirmation from a nonregistrant notary public to authorize the use of his or her commission for registration.
Who sponsors AB 620?
AB 620 is sponsored by John A. Perez.
What is the current status of AB 620?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 25, 2009. Enacted.
Where can I track AB 620?
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