---
type: "Bill"
title: "Child abduction prevention."
description: "Child abduction prevention."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 2441"
citation: "California AB 2441 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Child abduction prevention."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bates"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 25
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2002-02-21"
last_action: "2002-09-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9e662568-26ae-43be-9a23-cf52f6145355"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2441"
source_hash: "c1f53d4892fca580570b553cf1acfbf4f874d164a9b44420ec77ae2639727fa5"
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 2441 (20012002) — Child abduction prevention.

## 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=200120020AB2441&version=20010AB244199INT)
2. **04/22/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2441&version=20010AB244198AMD)
3. **06/17/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2441&version=20010AB244197AMD)
4. **06/27/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2441&version=20010AB244196AMD)
5. **08/14/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2441&version=20010AB244195AMD)
6. **09/25/02 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2441&version=20010AB244193CHP)
7. **AB2441** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2441)
8. **08/24/02 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2441&version=20010AB244194ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 2441 Bates Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 2441 Bates Special Consent Calendar 2nd Day — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB2441 Bates By McPherson — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bates — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-09-25** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 856, Statutes of 2002.
- **2002-09-25** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2002-09-04** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2002-08-24** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 8039.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2002-08-20** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 22 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
- **2002-08-20** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5554.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-08-15** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-08-14** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, 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`
- **2002-06-28** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations pursuant to Joint Rule 10.5. `referral-committee`
- **2002-06-27** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2002-06-26** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2002-06-17** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-06-06** In committee: Set, second hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2002-05-30** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2002-05-09** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2002-04-25** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2002-04-25** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 5724.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-04-23** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-04-22** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2002-04-18** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. (April 16). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2002-03-18** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2002-02-22** From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
- **2002-02-21** Assembly Rule 49(a) suspended. 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/9e662568-26ae-43be-9a23-cf52f6145355`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).