---
type: "Bill"
title: "Automobile insurance: damaged child safety restraint systems."
description: "Automobile insurance: damaged child safety restraint systems."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 1902"
citation: "California AB 1902 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Automobile insurance: damaged child safety restraint systems."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Reyes"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 27
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2002-02-07"
last_action: "2002-09-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/994e2843-f7b9-4ecc-b16d-e9a413701c34"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1902"
source_hash: "d6c7fbfb78fb2f15ea5ed6f76fc35d783ceae15a9ad9c61e9638e95c113fb34c"
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 1902 (20012002) — Automobile insurance: damaged child safety restraint systems.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/07/02 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1902&version=20010AB190299INT)
2. **03/21/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1902&version=20010AB190298AMD)
3. **04/17/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1902&version=20010AB190297AMD)
4. **05/23/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1902&version=20010AB190296AMD)
5. **06/13/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1902&version=20010AB190295AMD)
6. **06/26/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1902&version=20010AB190294AMD)
7. **08/12/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1902&version=20010AB190293AMD)
8. **08/19/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1902&version=20010AB190292AMD)
9. **09/19/02 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1902&version=20010AB190290CHP)
10. **AB1902** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1902)
11. **08/22/02 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1902&version=20010AB190291ENR)

## Votes

- AB 1902 Reyes Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1902 Reyes Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB1902 Reyes By Figueroa — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Transportation. — **pass** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Reyes — primary (person)
- Figueroa — principal coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-09-19** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 703, Statutes of 2002.
- **2002-09-19** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2002-08-30** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2002-08-22** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 55. Noes 23. Page 7901.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2002-08-20** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 22 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2002-08-20** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 22. Noes 11. Page 5555.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-08-19** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2002-08-15** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and be amended. `amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2002-08-12** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-08-07** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 10. Noes 2.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2002-06-26** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Transportation. `reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2002-06-25** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Transportation (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (June 24). `amendment-introduction, referral-committee, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2002-06-13** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Insurance. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-06-12** Referred to Standing Committee on Insurance and Standing Committee on Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **2002-05-30** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2002-05-29** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 53. Noes 21. Page 6548.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-05-24** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-05-23** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 17. Noes 3.) (May 15). Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-05-09** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2002-04-24** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 24). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2002-04-22** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Insurance. `referral-committee`
- **2002-04-17** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Insurance Read second time and amended. `reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-04-01** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Insurance. `referral-committee`
- **2002-03-21** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Insurance Read second time and amended. `reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-02-15** Referred to Standing Committee on Insurance. `referral-committee`
- **2002-02-08** From printer. May be heard in committee March 10.
- **2002-02-07** 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/994e2843-f7b9-4ecc-b16d-e9a413701c34`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).