---
type: "Bill"
title: "Crimes."
description: "Crimes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 2526"
citation: "California AB 2526 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crimes."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dickerson"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 23
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2002-02-21"
last_action: "2002-07-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1c1f03fb-f97a-446f-b464-5a98ff8b7331"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2526"
source_hash: "aac5e0fea2df1ac11b9d036f94d739c03703eb7e2cd4fa9bcd6b53cf74b6abfd"
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 2526 (20012002) — Crimes.

## 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=200120020AB2526&version=20010AB252699INT)
2. **04/17/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2526&version=20010AB252698AMD)
3. **06/11/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2526&version=20010AB252697AMD)
4. **07/17/02 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2526&version=20010AB252695CHP)
5. **AB2526** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2526)
6. **06/30/02 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2526&version=20010AB252696ENR)

## Votes

- Set, first hearing. Failed passage in Committee. Reconsideration granted. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 2526 Dickerson Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **fail** (fail) · upper
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB2526 Dickerson By McPherson — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 2526 Dickerson Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dickerson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-07-17** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 198, Statutes of 2002.
- **2002-07-16** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2002-07-08** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
- **2002-06-30** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 7102.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2002-06-28** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after June 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2002-06-28** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 5063.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-06-20** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-06-19** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2002-06-11** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-06-04** In committee: Set first hearing. Failed passage. Reconsideration granted.
- **2002-05-09** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `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 62. Noes 3. Page 5863.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-04-30** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-04-29** Withdrawn from committee. Ordered placed on second reading file.
- **2002-04-24** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 23). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2002-04-22** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2002-04-17** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Public Safety Read second time and amended. `reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-04-16** In committee: Set, second hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2002-04-02** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2002-03-07** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `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/1c1f03fb-f97a-446f-b464-5a98ff8b7331`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).