---
type: "Bill"
title: "Prisons: inmate visitation."
description: "Prisons: inmate visitation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 2133"
citation: "California AB 2133 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Prisons: inmate visitation."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Goldberg"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2002-02-20"
last_action: "2002-08-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8070c017-05d4-480a-afa8-8d9fa5bcd8a9"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2133"
source_hash: "45e20c175ec094f10d603287c98579544e233d451dc295345df2c84974089d23"
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 2133 (20012002) — Prisons: inmate visitation.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/20/02 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2133&version=20010AB213399INT)
2. **04/17/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2133&version=20010AB213398AMD)
3. **08/26/02 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2133&version=20010AB213396CHP)
4. **AB2133** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2133)
5. **08/08/02 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2133&version=20010AB213397ENR)

## Votes

- AB 2133 Goldberg Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB2133 Goldberg By Karnette — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Goldberg — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-08-26** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 238, Statutes of 2002.
- **2002-08-24** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2002-08-14** Enrolled and to the Governor at 10 a.m.
- **2002-08-08** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2002-08-08** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 22. Noes 12. Page 5308.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-06-25** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-06-24** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2002-06-11** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2002-05-30** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2002-05-24** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2002-05-23** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 44. Noes 28. Page 6279.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-05-06** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-05-02** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 6.) (May 1). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2002-04-24** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (April 23). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2002-04-22** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2002-04-17** 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`
- **2002-04-02** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2002-02-28** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2002-02-21** From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
- **2002-02-20** 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/8070c017-05d4-480a-afa8-8d9fa5bcd8a9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).