---
type: "Bill"
title: "Civil actions: gender-related violence."
description: "Civil actions: gender-related violence."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 1928"
citation: "California AB 1928 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Civil actions: gender-related violence."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jackson"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 22
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2002-02-12"
last_action: "2002-09-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/16712e54-c628-4381-bf9c-ddb4cb37c3ba"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1928"
source_hash: "0748a5e75b0f17c7c60f866e2bb50c58e6f196510ea31d5ba76267b7eaac2cca"
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 1928 (20012002) — Civil actions: gender-related violence.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/12/02 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1928&version=20010AB192899INT)
2. **04/04/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1928&version=20010AB192898AMD)
3. **04/15/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1928&version=20010AB192897AMD)
4. **06/24/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1928&version=20010AB192896AMD)
5. **06/29/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1928&version=20010AB192895AMD)
6. **09/24/02 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1928&version=20010AB192893CHP)
7. **AB1928** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1928)
8. **08/23/02 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1928&version=20010AB192894ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1928 Jackson Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB1928 Jackson By Kuehl — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1928 Jackson Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jackson — primary (person)
- Alpert — coauthor (person)
- Alquist — coauthor (person)
- Aroner — coauthor (person)
- Chavez — coauthor (person)
- Chu — coauthor (person)
- Diaz — coauthor (person)
- Dutra — coauthor (person)
- Figueroa — coauthor (person)
- Goldberg — coauthor (person)
- Karnette — coauthor (person)
- Kehoe — coauthor (person)
- Koretz — coauthor (person)
- Kuehl — coauthor (person)
- Liu — coauthor (person)
- Longville — coauthor (person)
- Maldonado — coauthor (person)
- Negrete McLeod — coauthor (person)
- Oropeza — coauthor (person)
- Pavley — coauthor (person)
- Romero — coauthor (person)
- Shelley — coauthor (person)
- Speier — coauthor (person)
- Steinberg — coauthor (person)
- Strom-Martin — coauthor (person)
- Thomson — coauthor (person)
- Washington — coauthor (person)
- Wayne — coauthor (person)
- Wiggins — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-09-24** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 842, Statutes of 2002.
- **2002-09-24** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2002-09-04** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2002-08-23** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 50. Noes 20. Page 7969.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2002-08-21** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 23 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2002-08-21** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 24. Noes 12. Page 5592.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-06-29** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2002-06-28** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 4. Noes 2.). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2002-06-24** 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`
- **2002-06-17** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2002-06-04** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2002-05-09** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2002-04-25** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2002-04-25** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 45. Noes 6. Page 5719.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-04-16** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-04-15** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2002-04-11** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 8. Noes 1.) (April 9). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2002-04-08** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2002-04-04** 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`
- **2002-02-13** From printer. May be heard in committee March 15.
- **2002-02-12** 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/16712e54-c628-4381-bf9c-ddb4cb37c3ba`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).