---
type: "Bill"
title: "Commercial law: secured transactions."
description: "Commercial law: secured transactions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 2051"
citation: "California AB 2051 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Commercial law: secured transactions."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Robert Pacheco"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 22
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2000-02-22"
last_action: "2000-07-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/05c05ac1-b0eb-4c0b-a0a4-5a1efa0d1639"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2051"
source_hash: "d50369a82a58723cb53e3ee578cdc126b23e923097da06e7f8a674aaf9e231cb"
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 2051 (19992000) — Commercial law: secured transactions.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/22/00 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2051&version=19990AB205199INT)
2. **03/30/00 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2051&version=19990AB205198AMD)
3. **05/25/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2051&version=19990AB205197AMD)
4. **06/15/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2051&version=19990AB205196AMD)
5. **06/27/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2051&version=19990AB205195AMD)
6. **07/24/00 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2051&version=19990AB205193CHP)
7. **AB2051** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2051)
8. **07/06/00 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2051&version=19990AB205194ENR)

## Votes

- AB 2051 PACHECO, ROBE CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar 2nd AB2051 Robert Pache — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Judiciary. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 2051 PACHECO, ROBE THIRD READING — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Robert Pacheco — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2000-07-24** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 188, Statutes of 2000.
- **2000-07-21** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2000-07-10** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2000-07-06** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 7650.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2000-06-29** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 1 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2000-06-29** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 5376.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-06-27** Read second time, amended, and to Consent Calendar. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-06-26** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2000-06-15** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2000-06-06** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2000-05-25** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2000-05-23** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2000-05-15** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2000-05-15** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 6366.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-05-08** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-05-04** Withdrawn from committee. Ordered placed on second reading file.
- **2000-04-11** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Judiciary Re-referred. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (April 10). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2000-04-03** Referred to Standing Committee on Banking and Finance. `referral-committee`
- **2000-03-30** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Banking and Finance Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2000-03-02** Referred to Standing Committee on Banking and Finance. `referral-committee`
- **2000-02-23** From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
- **2000-02-22** 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/05c05ac1-b0eb-4c0b-a0a4-5a1efa0d1639`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).