---
type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal procedure."
description: "Criminal procedure."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 2653"
citation: "California AB 2653 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Criminal procedure."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chu"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 21
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2002-02-22"
last_action: "2002-09-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7124b47c-877b-4ce1-a8c1-9d07308e00a3"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2653"
source_hash: "5fe5ff632f3e06af37024ccd82ec528c50bdd60d6471c17c65cf3d925e6f6ab2"
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 2653 (20012002) — Criminal procedure.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/22/02 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2653&version=20010AB265399INT)
2. **04/10/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2653&version=20010AB265398AMD)
3. **05/23/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2653&version=20010AB265397AMD)
4. **06/25/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2653&version=20010AB265396AMD)
5. **09/22/02 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2653&version=20010AB265394CHP)
6. **AB2653** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2653)
7. **08/15/02 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2653&version=20010AB265395ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 2653 Chu Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 2653 Chu Special Consent Calendar 2nd Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB2653 Chu By McPherson — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chu — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-09-22** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 788, Statutes of 2002.
- **2002-09-21** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2002-08-26** Enrolled and to the Governor at 10 a.m.
- **2002-08-15** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 7669.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2002-08-12** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 14 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
- **2002-08-08** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 5307.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-06-25** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2002-06-24** 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 Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2002-05-28** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2002-05-28** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 6435.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-05-24** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-05-23** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 24. Noes 0.) (May 22). Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-04-24** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2002-04-15** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2002-04-10** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2002-04-09** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (April 2). `amendment-introduction, referral-committee, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2002-03-07** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2002-02-25** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2002-02-24** From printer. May be heard in committee March 26.
- **2002-02-22** Introduced. To print. `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7124b47c-877b-4ce1-a8c1-9d07308e00a3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).