---
type: "Bill"
title: "Domestic violence: demonstration project."
description: "Domestic violence: demonstration project."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 1909"
citation: "California AB 1909 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Domestic violence: demonstration project."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cohn"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 22
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2002-02-07"
last_action: "2002-07-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3c105c71-7cc5-43a3-8410-3f4023afe4ae"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1909"
source_hash: "c634b44f7604da27f5f30b4019072d9e417095c686b5d12bab361a4b3158d654"
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 1909 (20012002) — Domestic violence: demonstration project.

## 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=200120020AB1909&version=20010AB190999INT)
2. **03/19/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1909&version=20010AB190998AMD)
3. **06/06/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1909&version=20010AB190997AMD)
4. **06/20/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1909&version=20010AB190996AMD)
5. **07/17/02 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1909&version=20010AB190994CHP)
6. **AB1909** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1909)
7. **06/30/02 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1909&version=20010AB190995ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1909 Cohn Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB1909 Cohn By Alpert — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1909 Cohn Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cohn — primary (person)
- Alpert — principal coauthor (person)
- Chu — principal coauthor (person)
- Kuehl — coauthor (person)
- Soto — coauthor (person)
- Zettel — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-07-17** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 192, Statutes of 2002.
- **2002-07-16** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2002-07-08** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
- **2002-06-30** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 7099.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2002-06-28** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after June 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2002-06-28** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 29. Noes 2. Page 5072.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-06-24** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-06-20** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-3`
- **2002-06-13** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-06-12** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 4. Noes 2.) (June 12). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2002-06-06** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-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`
- **2002-04-23** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2002-03-20** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2002-03-19** 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`
- **2002-02-19** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `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/3c105c71-7cc5-43a3-8410-3f4023afe4ae`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).