---
type: "Bill"
title: "Elder abuse."
description: "Elder abuse."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 255"
citation: "California AB 255 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Elder abuse."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Zettel"]
version_count: 12
action_count: 33
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2001-02-14"
last_action: "2002-06-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4610997f-ba93-4a9d-9609-84bd133bdca2"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB255"
source_hash: "02a0e8e1d621c09126d6379d9cf0aa8e038b5c7b444fcb87ebdfe1b574b27336"
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 255 (20012002) — Elder abuse.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **02/14/01 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB255&version=20010AB25599INT)
2. **03/27/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB255&version=20010AB25598AMD)
3. **04/16/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB255&version=20010AB25597AMD)
4. **04/26/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB255&version=20010AB25596AMD)
5. **05/14/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB255&version=20010AB25591AMD)
6. **05/31/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB255&version=20010AB25595AMD)
7. **06/17/02 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB255&version=20010AB25589CHP)
8. **07/09/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB255&version=20010AB25594AMD)
9. **08/27/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB255&version=20010AB25593AMD)
10. **09/07/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB255&version=20010AB25592AMD)
11. **AB255** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB255)
12. **05/30/02 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB255&version=20010AB25590ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Public Safety Recommend Consent. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 255 Zettel Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Aging and Long Term Care to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- SPECIAL CONSENT CALE AB255 Zettel — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 255 Zettel Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Zettel — primary (person)
- Jackson — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-06-17** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 54, Statutes of 2002.
- **2002-06-17** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2002-06-04** Enrolled and to the Governor at 12:30 p.m.
- **2002-05-30** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 71. Noes 4. Page 6644.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2002-05-20** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after May 22 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2002-05-20** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 4298.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-05-15** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-05-14** From inactive file. To second reading. Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2001-09-10** To inactive file on motion of Senator Margett.
- **2001-09-07** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.). Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-08-27** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-08-21** Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2001-07-12** Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules. `referral-committee`
- **2001-07-11** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Public Safety with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2001-07-09** 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`
- **2001-07-02** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2001-06-12** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary and Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2001-06-05** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2001-06-04** Read second time. To third reading. Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2086.) `reading-2, reading-1, reading-3, passage`
- **2001-05-31** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 21. Noes 0.) (May 31). Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-05-29** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice waived. (Page 1856.)
- **2001-05-16** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2001-05-01** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-26** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2001-04-25** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 17). `amendment-introduction, referral-committee, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2001-04-17** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Aging and Long Term Care. `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-16** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Aging and Long Term Care Read second time and amended. `reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-04-04** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Aging and Long Term Care with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 3). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2001-03-29** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2001-03-27** 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`
- **2001-03-15** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary and Standing Committee on Aging and Long Term Care. `referral-committee`
- **2001-02-15** From printer. May be heard in committee March 17.
- **2001-02-14** 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/4610997f-ba93-4a9d-9609-84bd133bdca2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).