---
type: "Bill"
title: "Sex offenders: duty to register."
description: "Sex offenders: duty to register."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 2502"
citation: "California AB 2502 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Sex offenders: duty to register."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Romero"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 17
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2000-02-24"
last_action: "2000-08-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d2771f6d-fda8-418d-be61-c2d8d970e339"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2502"
source_hash: "c809657d9648bb6d35f2efd8e330fb707711d57100ba965213accdf21b0afcef"
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 2502 (19992000) — Sex offenders: duty to register.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/24/00 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2502&version=19990AB250299INT)
2. **06/27/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2502&version=19990AB250298AMD)
3. **08/25/00 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2502&version=19990AB250296CHP)
4. **AB2502** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2502)
5. **08/10/00 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2502&version=19990AB250297ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- CONSENT CALENDAR SECOND DAY — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- SPECIAL CONSENT CALE AB2502 Romero — **pass** (pass) · upper
- SPEC. CONSENT CALENDAR SECOND DAY CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Romero — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2000-08-25** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 240, Statutes of 2000.
- **2000-08-24** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2000-08-21** Enrolled and to the Governor at 10:30 a.m.
- **2000-08-10** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 68. Noes 0. Page 7834.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2000-07-06** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 4 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
- **2000-07-06** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5497.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-06-27** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-06-26** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2000-06-06** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2000-06-01** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2000-05-18** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2000-05-18** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 6465.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-05-11** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-05-10** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 9). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2000-03-16** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2000-02-25** From printer. May be heard in committee March 26.
- **2000-02-24** Assembly Rule 49(a) suspended. 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/d2771f6d-fda8-418d-be61-c2d8d970e339`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).