---
type: "Bill"
title: "Sex crimes: evidence."
description: "Sex crimes: evidence."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 2252"
citation: "California AB 2252 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Sex crimes: evidence."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cohn"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 19
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2002-02-20"
last_action: "2002-07-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2150c5dc-53ce-49d3-8e2a-838720a756c4"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2252"
source_hash: "b6d30dbd23cc1d1cee8b6028172bf1bdc9d93ef442f8797baa8f978f08e38be5"
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 2252 (20012002) — Sex crimes: evidence.

## 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=200120020AB2252&version=20010AB225299INT)
2. **04/01/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2252&version=20010AB225298AMD)
3. **05/15/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2252&version=20010AB225297AMD)
4. **06/18/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2252&version=20010AB225296AMD)
5. **07/17/02 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2252&version=20010AB225294CHP)
6. **AB2252** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2252)
7. **06/30/02 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2252&version=20010AB225295ENR)

## Votes

- Assembly 3rd Reading AB2252 Cohn By Machado — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 2252 Cohn Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 2252 Cohn Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cohn — primary (person)
- Figueroa — coauthor (person)
- Soto — coauthor (person)
- Zettel — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-07-17** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 194, Statutes of 2002.
- **2002-07-16** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2002-07-08** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
- **2002-06-30** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 7101.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2002-06-28** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after June 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2002-06-28** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 5068.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-06-18** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2002-06-17** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **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 76. Noes 0. Page 6204.) `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 6. Noes 0.) (May 7). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2002-04-02** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2002-04-01** 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`
- **2002-02-28** 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/2150c5dc-53ce-49d3-8e2a-838720a756c4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).