---
type: "Bill"
title: "Consumer credit counseling organizations."
description: "Consumer credit counseling organizations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 2293"
citation: "California AB 2293 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Consumer credit counseling organizations."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Liu"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 31
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2002-02-21"
last_action: "2002-09-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/971dd5ce-6dbd-4949-ac27-70e55fe2601f"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2293"
source_hash: "d333adb7dc3771c8f370c9b95a88ef2084dca98c93d1f3c6b536e7247cc91347"
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 2293 (20012002) — Consumer credit counseling organizations.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/21/02 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2293&version=20010AB229399INT)
2. **04/01/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2293&version=20010AB229398AMD)
3. **04/30/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2293&version=20010AB229397AMD)
4. **05/21/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2293&version=20010AB229396AMD)
5. **08/08/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2293&version=20010AB229395AMD)
6. **08/21/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2293&version=20010AB229394AMD)
7. **08/26/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2293&version=20010AB229393AMD)
8. **09/22/02 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2293&version=20010AB229391CHP)
9. **AB2293** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2293)
10. **08/29/02 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2293&version=20010AB229392ENR)

## Votes

- Assembly 3rd Reading AB2293 Liu By Machado — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 2293 Liu Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 2293 Liu Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Liu — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-09-22** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 779, Statutes of 2002.
- **2002-09-21** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2002-09-13** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2002-08-29** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 54. Noes 21. Page 8515.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2002-08-28** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2002-08-28** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 5881.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-08-27** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-08-26** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-3`
- **2002-08-22** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-08-21** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-3`
- **2002-08-19** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-08-15** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2002-08-13** (Corrected August 12. )
- **2002-08-08** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 7. Noes 0.). Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-1, referral-committee, committee-passage, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-07-01** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2002-06-12** Referred to Com. on B., C. & I. T. `referral-committee`
- **2002-06-03** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2002-05-30** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 49. Noes 28. Page 6611.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-05-22** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-05-21** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2002-05-20** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 16. Noes 7.) (May 15). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-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 9. Noes 2.) (April 22). `amendment-introduction, referral-committee, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2002-04-15** In committee: Set, second hearing. Further hearing to be set.
- **2002-04-02** In committee: Set, first hearing. Further hearing to be set.
- **2002-04-02** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Banking and Finance. `referral-committee`
- **2002-04-01** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Banking and Finance Read second time and amended. `reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-02-28** Referred to Standing Committee on Banking and Finance and Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2002-02-22** From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
- **2002-02-21** 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/971dd5ce-6dbd-4949-ac27-70e55fe2601f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).