---
type: "Bill"
title: "Civil rights: appeals."
description: "Civil rights: appeals."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 2524"
citation: "California AB 2524 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Civil rights: appeals."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Goldberg"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 16
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2002-02-21"
last_action: "2002-08-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b5170430-cf44-404c-a68d-4e84a2413072"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2524"
source_hash: "79bdbad4b114e97906abb47524f5c1f5728e174d85d4effdecdd89c604801ec5"
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 2524 (20012002) — Civil rights: appeals.

## 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=200120020AB2524&version=20010AB252499INT)
2. **04/29/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2524&version=20010AB252498AMD)
3. **08/26/02 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2524&version=20010AB252496CHP)
4. **AB2524** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2524)
5. **08/08/02 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2524&version=20010AB252497ENR)

## Votes

- AB 2524 Goldberg Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB2524 Goldberg By Kuehl — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Goldberg — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-08-26** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 244, Statutes of 2002.
- **2002-08-24** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2002-08-14** Enrolled and to the Governor at 10 a.m.
- **2002-08-08** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2002-08-08** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 25. Noes 10. Page 5310.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-06-27** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-06-26** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 4. Noes 2.) (June 26). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2002-05-09** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2002-05-02** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2002-05-02** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 58. Noes 7. Page 5862.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-04-30** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-04-29** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2002-04-25** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (April 2). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, 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/b5170430-cf44-404c-a68d-4e84a2413072`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).