---
type: "Bill"
title: "Recovery of property."
description: "Recovery of property."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 1883"
citation: "California AB 1883 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Recovery of property."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kelley"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 24
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2002-02-04"
last_action: "2002-09-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/267ca764-f9dd-4300-84d4-05773d6e52c1"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1883"
source_hash: "073ca0b33865d04c4ae8c60499b7653442d8c1025d5459a52d7df66924a2ab13"
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 1883 (20012002) — Recovery of property.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/04/02 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1883&version=20010AB188399INT)
2. **03/11/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1883&version=20010AB188398AMD)
3. **04/15/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1883&version=20010AB188397AMD)
4. **05/22/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1883&version=20010AB188396AMD)
5. **06/19/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1883&version=20010AB188395AMD)
6. **09/09/02 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1883&version=20010AB188393CHP)
7. **AB1883** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1883)
8. **08/20/02 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1883&version=20010AB188394ENR)

## Votes

- AB 1883 Kelley Special Consent Calendar 2nd Day — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- SPECIAL CONSENT CALE AB1883 Kelley — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1883 Kelley Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kelley — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-09-09** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 402, Statutes of 2002.
- **2002-09-06** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2002-08-27** Enrolled and to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2002-08-20** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 7837.) `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. Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
- **2002-08-14** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5444.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-08-07** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-08-06** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2002-06-19** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2002-06-18** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 18). `amendment-introduction, referral-committee, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2002-05-22** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-05-09** Referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection and Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2002-05-02** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2002-05-02** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 67. Noes 0. Page 5868.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-04-29** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-04-25** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (April 24). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2002-04-16** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2002-04-15** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Read second time and amended. `reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-04-10** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (April 9). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2002-03-12** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. `referral-committee`
- **2002-03-11** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection Read second time and amended. `reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-02-21** Referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection and Standing Committee on Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **2002-02-05** From printer. May be heard in committee March 7.
- **2002-02-04** 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/267ca764-f9dd-4300-84d4-05773d6e52c1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).