---
type: "Bill"
title: "Minors: statements."
description: "Minors: statements."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 2470"
citation: "California AB 2470 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Minors: statements."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jackson"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 16
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2002-02-21"
last_action: "2002-09-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/91676da9-e3ce-47b7-b1cc-4fbb25e229d1"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2470"
source_hash: "805ffc2801a970047efe4217f5bff60112631580ccbe313ef71ccce548df4992"
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 2470 (20012002) — Minors: statements.

## 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=200120020AB2470&version=20010AB247099INT)
2. **08/13/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2470&version=20010AB247098AMD)
3. **09/19/02 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2470&version=20010AB247096CHP)
4. **AB2470** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2470)
5. **08/23/02 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2470&version=20010AB247097ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 2470 Jackson Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 2470 Jackson Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB2470 Jackson By Ortiz — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jackson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-09-19** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 707, Statutes of 2002.
- **2002-09-19** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2002-09-04** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2002-08-23** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 69. Noes 0. Page 7973.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2002-08-21** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 23 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2002-08-21** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 25. Noes 5. Page 5593.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-08-13** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2002-08-12** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2002-05-09** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2002-04-22** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2002-04-22** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 5641.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-04-17** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-04-16** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (April 16). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2002-03-07** 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/91676da9-e3ce-47b7-b1cc-4fbb25e229d1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).