---
type: "Bill"
title: "Construction of instruments."
description: "Construction of instruments."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 1784"
citation: "California AB 1784 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Construction of instruments."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Harman"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 17
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2002-01-14"
last_action: "2002-07-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b8289eb7-bc9d-4514-bba6-22b573c33871"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1784"
source_hash: "c620fc1e6ac08bbfe1e5e49554de159e685ab980cb7f146ca37f0ba7aacf2b0f"
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 1784 (20012002) — Construction of instruments.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/14/02 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1784&version=20010AB178499INT)
2. **04/30/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1784&version=20010AB178498AMD)
3. **07/11/02 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1784&version=20010AB178496CHP)
4. **AB1784** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1784)
5. **06/27/02 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1784&version=20010AB178497ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar 2nd AB1784 Harman — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be placed on the Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1784 Harman Consent Calendar Second Day — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Harman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-07-11** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 138, Statutes of 2002.
- **2002-07-10** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2002-07-03** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
- **2002-06-27** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2002-06-27** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 5026.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-06-20** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-06-19** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2002-05-23** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2002-05-16** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2002-05-16** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 6165.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-05-09** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-05-08** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 7). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2002-05-02** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2002-04-30** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Judiciary Read second time and amended. `reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-01-18** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2002-01-15** From printer. May be heard in committee February 14.
- **2002-01-14** 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/b8289eb7-bc9d-4514-bba6-22b573c33871`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).