---
type: "Bill"
title: "Bracero workers: statute of limitations."
description: "Bracero workers: statute of limitations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 2913"
citation: "California AB 2913 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Bracero workers: statute of limitations."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Firebaugh"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 18
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2002-02-25"
last_action: "2002-09-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/efa755da-2eaa-47ed-bdc3-d6bfd3e5ca9f"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2913"
source_hash: "aab8ad5e2a9da2495958c8bd560c253806a7aaa4599e4287162bc4a6c31e6083"
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 2913 (20012002) — Bracero workers: statute of limitations.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/25/02 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2913&version=20010AB291399INT)
2. **06/10/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2913&version=20010AB291398AMD)
3. **06/26/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2913&version=20010AB291397AMD)
4. **09/29/02 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2913&version=20010AB291395CHP)
5. **AB2913** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2913)
6. **08/22/02 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2913&version=20010AB291396ENR)

## Votes

- Assembly 3rd Reading AB2913 Firebaugh By Polanco — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 2913 Firebaugh Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 2913 Firebaugh Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Firebaugh — primary (person)
- Aroner — coauthor (person)
- Corbett — coauthor (person)
- Diaz — coauthor (person)
- Dutra — coauthor (person)
- Escutia — coauthor (person)
- Kelley — coauthor (person)
- Kuehl — coauthor (person)
- Longville — coauthor (person)
- Maldonado — coauthor (person)
- Reyes — principal coauthor (person)
- Robert Pacheco — coauthor (person)
- Romero — coauthor (person)
- Shelley — coauthor (person)
- Soto — coauthor (person)
- Strom-Martin — coauthor (person)
- Vargas — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-09-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 1070, Statutes of 2002.
- **2002-09-29** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2002-09-10** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2002-08-22** Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 7906.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2002-08-20** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 22 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2002-08-20** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. (Ayes 27. Noes 7. Page 5569.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-06-26** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2002-06-25** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 4. Noes 2.) (June 24). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2002-06-10** 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`
- **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 67. Noes 0. Page 5851.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-04-25** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-04-24** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (April 23). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2002-04-22** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 5649.)
- **2002-03-14** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2002-02-26** From printer. May be heard in committee March 28.
- **2002-02-25** Joint Rule 54 (a) suspended. 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/efa755da-2eaa-47ed-bdc3-d6bfd3e5ca9f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).