---
type: "Bill"
title: "Elder abuse."
description: "Elder abuse."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 2140"
citation: "California AB 2140 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Elder abuse."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Simitian"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 24
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2002-02-20"
last_action: "2002-09-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b5c3a628-fc25-4f1a-87f4-dff270b24b60"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2140"
source_hash: "ceaaae6ebb30e5abd0acf27e4ee353407aa9aea7d01da42ce4a14d38668f8d50"
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 2140 (20012002) — Elder abuse.

## 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=200120020AB2140&version=20010AB214099INT)
2. **04/10/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2140&version=20010AB214098AMD)
3. **04/30/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2140&version=20010AB214097AMD)
4. **06/25/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2140&version=20010AB214096AMD)
5. **09/05/02 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2140&version=20010AB214094CHP)
6. **AB2140** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2140)
7. **08/15/02 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2140&version=20010AB214095ENR)

## Votes

- SPECIAL CONSENT CALE AB2140 Simitian — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 2140 Simitian Special Consent Calendar 2nd Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Aging and Long Term Care. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 2140 Simitian Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Simitian — primary (person)
- Alquist — principal coauthor (person)
- Bates — author (person)
- Diaz — coauthor (person)
- Keeley — author (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-09-05** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 369, Statutes of 2002.
- **2002-09-04** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2002-08-26** Enrolled and to the Governor at 10 a.m.
- **2002-08-15** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 7671.) `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. Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
- **2002-08-12** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5369.) `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, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 5. Noes 0.). `amendment-introduction, referral-committee, committee-passage, amendment-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 76. Noes 0. Page 6275.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-05-20** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-05-16** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 23. Noes 0.) (May 15). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2002-05-07** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2002-04-30** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2002-04-29** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 25). `amendment-introduction, referral-committee, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2002-04-15** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Aging and Long Term Care. `referral-committee`
- **2002-04-10** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2002-04-09** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Aging and Long Term Care (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (April 2). `amendment-introduction, referral-committee, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **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/b5c3a628-fc25-4f1a-87f4-dff270b24b60`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).