---
type: "Bill"
title: "Forfeiture."
description: "Forfeiture."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 1990"
citation: "California AB 1990 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Forfeiture."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Liu"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 21
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2002-02-15"
last_action: "2002-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7381c047-8fc8-4715-afc1-cf5e58a446db"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1990"
source_hash: "64122e4de5bf52b00dc5159ec55ae115893fafacbc050a44da68298f5a1918f3"
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 1990 (20012002) — Forfeiture.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/15/02 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1990&version=20010AB199099INT)
2. **04/29/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1990&version=20010AB199098AMD)
3. **05/15/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1990&version=20010AB199097AMD)
4. **08/14/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1990&version=20010AB199096AMD)
5. **09/27/02 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1990&version=20010AB199094CHP)
6. **AB1990** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1990)
7. **08/23/02 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1990&version=20010AB199095ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1990 Liu Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1990 Liu Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB1990 Liu By Dunn — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Liu — primary (person)
- Chavez — coauthor (person)
- Negrete McLeod — coauthor (person)
- Robert Pacheco — coauthor (person)
- Soto — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 991, Statutes of 2002.
- **2002-09-27** 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 73. Noes 1. Page 7957.) `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 38. Noes 0. Page 5593.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-08-14** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2002-08-13** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2002-07-01** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2002-06-25** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2002-05-29** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2002-05-21** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2002-05-20** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 68. Noes 1. Page 6228.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-05-16** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-05-15** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2002-05-14** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (May 7). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2002-05-01** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2002-04-29** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Public Safety Read second time and amended. `reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-02-21** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2002-02-19** From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
- **2002-02-15** 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/7381c047-8fc8-4715-afc1-cf5e58a446db`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).