---
type: "Bill"
title: "Urban search and rescue emergency response advisory committee."
description: "Urban search and rescue emergency response advisory committee."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 2002"
citation: "California AB 2002 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Urban search and rescue emergency response advisory committee."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alquist"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 22
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2002-02-15"
last_action: "2002-09-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6e24c3b5-2933-4853-9d43-ea1ab9a73742"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2002"
source_hash: "d1034cd5f818146afe67f5e16abcccabfe7c2fb53ce9c1863c1bcdd96ae25975"
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 2002 (20012002) — Urban search and rescue emergency response advisory committee.

## 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=200120020AB2002&version=20010AB200299INT)
2. **03/21/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2002&version=20010AB200298AMD)
3. **05/23/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2002&version=20010AB200297AMD)
4. **06/25/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2002&version=20010AB200296AMD)
5. **09/11/02 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2002&version=20010AB200294CHP)
6. **AB2002** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2002)
7. **08/15/02 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2002&version=20010AB200295ENR)

## Votes

- AB 2002 Alquist Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 2002 Alquist Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB2002 Alquist By Alarcon — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Alquist — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-09-11** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 460, Statutes of 2002.
- **2002-09-11** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2002-08-21** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2002-08-15** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 72. Noes 7. Page 7629.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2002-08-12** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 14 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2002-08-12** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 29. Noes 6. Page 5352.) `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`
- **2002-06-25** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2002-06-24** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 24). `amendment-introduction, referral-committee, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2002-06-04** Referred to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization. `referral-committee`
- **2002-05-28** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2002-05-28** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 6422.) `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 24. Noes 0.) (May 22). Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-05-01** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2002-04-22** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 22. Noes 0.) (April 22). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2002-04-01** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization. `referral-committee`
- **2002-03-21** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization Read second time and amended. `reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-03-14** Referred to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization. `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/6e24c3b5-2933-4853-9d43-ea1ab9a73742`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).