---
type: "Bill"
title: "Etching cream."
description: "Etching cream."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 1344"
citation: "California AB 1344 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Etching cream."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cox"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 27
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2001-02-23"
last_action: "2002-09-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5095ac86-4ae8-4897-9122-431caccc70ec"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1344"
source_hash: "70b385c2f201fac2d5f6e9616c2ceebfb6c2c5a71fde5642c20aee5e20a6468e"
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 1344 (20012002) — Etching cream.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/23/01 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1344&version=20010AB134499INT)
2. **01/07/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1344&version=20010AB134498AMD)
3. **01/22/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1344&version=20010AB134497AMD)
4. **05/08/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1344&version=20010AB134496AMD)
5. **06/18/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1344&version=20010AB134495AMD)
6. **09/15/02 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1344&version=20010AB134493CHP)
7. **AB1344** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1344)
8. **08/19/02 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1344&version=20010AB134494ENR)

## Votes

- AB 1344 Cox Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB1344 Cox By McPherson — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1344 Cox Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cox — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-09-15** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 523, Statutes of 2002.
- **2002-09-13** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2002-08-23** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2002-08-19** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 61. Noes 5. Page 7720.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2002-08-15** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 17 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2002-08-14** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 5408.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-06-25** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-06-24** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2002-06-19** (Corrected June 18. )
- **2002-06-18** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2002-06-17** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (June 17). `amendment-introduction, referral-committee, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2002-05-08** 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. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-02-07** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2002-01-28** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2002-01-28** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 58. Noes 5. Page 4595.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-01-24** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 4.) (January 24). Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, committee-passage-favorable, reading-1, committee-passage`
- **2002-01-24** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended.
- **2002-01-23** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2002-01-22** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2002-01-18** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (January 15). `amendment-introduction, referral-committee, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2002-01-08** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2002-01-07** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Public Safety Read second time and amended. `reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-04-17** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2001-03-15** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2001-02-26** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2001-02-25** From printer. May be heard in committee March 27.
- **2001-02-23** Introduced. To print. `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5095ac86-4ae8-4897-9122-431caccc70ec`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).