---
type: "Bill"
title: "Identity theft: remedies."
description: "Identity theft: remedies."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 1897"
citation: "California AB 1897 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Identity theft: remedies."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Davis"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 25
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2000-02-11"
last_action: "2000-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/517844b1-11d2-4c4d-9ec8-5d955d0fcc3f"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1897"
source_hash: "8aea28a0f4044735f294d0fde41d2bef5f31e384cad51d3f69d9494ff903ec15"
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 1897 (19992000) — Identity theft: remedies.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/11/00 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1897&version=19990AB189799INT)
2. **05/02/00 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1897&version=19990AB189798AMD)
3. **05/16/00 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1897&version=19990AB189797AMD)
4. **06/20/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1897&version=19990AB189796AMD)
5. **07/06/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1897&version=19990AB189795AMD)
6. **08/18/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1897&version=19990AB189794AMD)
7. **09/30/00 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1897&version=19990AB189792CHP)
8. **AB1897** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1897)
9. **08/24/00 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1897&version=19990AB189793ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- SPEC. CONSENT CALENDAR SECOND DAY CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1897 DAVIS THIRD READING — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- SPECIAL CONSENT CALE AB1897 Davis By Dunn — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Davis — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2000-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 956, Statutes of 2000.
- **2000-09-29** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2000-09-05** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11 a.m.
- **2000-08-24** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 8229.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2000-08-22** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 24 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. Ordered to Special Consent Calendar. Assembly Rule 77 suspended.
- **2000-08-22** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5883.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-08-21** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-08-18** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2000-08-10** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-08-09** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2000-07-06** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2000-07-05** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 6. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2000-06-20** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2000-06-06** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2000-05-31** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2000-05-30** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 6700.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-05-25** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 21. Noes 0.) (May 24). Read second time. To third reading. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-05-17** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2000-05-16** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-05-15** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (May 9). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2000-05-03** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2000-05-02** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Public Safety Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2000-02-22** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2000-02-15** From printer. May be heard in committee March 16.
- **2000-02-11** 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/517844b1-11d2-4c4d-9ec8-5d955d0fcc3f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).