---
type: "Bill"
title: "Unclaimed property: escheat."
description: "Unclaimed property: escheat."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 1888"
citation: "California AB 1888 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Unclaimed property: escheat."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dutra"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 23
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2000-02-10"
last_action: "2000-08-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7828a8d1-9db2-4703-aa63-4f742ec27c1d"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1888"
source_hash: "8ef231b3fd015a1fdfaaf214d4810143e94dc654a3055b3c567821e93bcdc927"
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 1888 (19992000) — Unclaimed property: escheat.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/10/00 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1888&version=19990AB188899INT)
2. **04/03/00 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1888&version=19990AB188898AMD)
3. **06/13/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1888&version=19990AB188897AMD)
4. **08/10/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1888&version=19990AB188896AMD)
5. **08/31/00 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1888&version=19990AB188894CHP)
6. **AB1888** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1888)
7. **08/21/00 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1888&version=19990AB188895ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1888 DUTRA 3RD READING URGENCY — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB1888 Dutra By Schiff — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1888 DUTRA CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dutra — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2000-08-31** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 267, Statutes of 2000.
- **2000-08-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2000-08-24** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2:15 p.m.
- **2000-08-21** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 7971.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2000-08-18** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 20 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2000-08-18** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 5788.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-08-14** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-08-10** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2000-06-28** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-06-27** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2000-06-13** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2000-06-12** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 7. Noes 1.). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2000-05-09** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2000-04-27** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2000-04-27** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 6019.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-04-13** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-04-12** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 21. Noes 0.) (April 12). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2000-04-04** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2000-04-03** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-03-30** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (March 28). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2000-02-18** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2000-02-11** From printer. May be heard in committee March 12.
- **2000-02-10** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7828a8d1-9db2-4703-aa63-4f742ec27c1d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).