---
type: "Bill"
title: "Judges: arbitration."
description: "Judges: arbitration."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 2504"
citation: "California AB 2504 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Judges: arbitration."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jackson"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 20
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2002-02-21"
last_action: "2002-09-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4ed35cd6-ecfc-4382-bced-d366c2081691"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2504"
source_hash: "f320d39e99db65ff1530c2108f2983c2a48b3eb85cdc29c93838fc1743b40dc0"
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 2504 (20012002) — Judges: arbitration.

## 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=200120020AB2504&version=20010AB250499INT)
2. **04/17/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2504&version=20010AB250498AMD)
3. **05/15/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2504&version=20010AB250497AMD)
4. **05/28/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2504&version=20010AB250496AMD)
5. **08/14/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2504&version=20010AB250495AMD)
6. **09/29/02 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2504&version=20010AB250493CHP)
7. **AB2504** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2504)
8. **08/23/02 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2504&version=20010AB250494ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 2504 Jackson Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 2504 Jackson Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB2504 Jackson By Dunn — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jackson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-09-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 1094, Statutes of 2002.
- **2002-09-29** 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 56. Noes 19. Page 7974.) `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 24. Noes 9. Page 5593.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-08-14** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2002-08-13** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2002-06-04** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2002-05-30** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2002-05-29** Assembly Rule 69(d) suspended. (Page 6505.) Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 53. Noes 20. Page 6505.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-05-28** Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, 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 10. Noes 1.) (April 23). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2002-04-22** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 5649.). `referral-committee`
- **2002-04-17** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Judiciary Read second time and amended. `reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-03-07** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2002-02-24** From printer. May be heard in committee March 26.
- **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/4ed35cd6-ecfc-4382-bced-d366c2081691`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).