---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public records: entities."
description: "Public records: entities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 2937"
citation: "California AB 2937 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public records: entities."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Shelley"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 23
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2002-02-25"
last_action: "2002-09-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cf005512-9617-48fa-9e88-6718954fb755"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2937"
source_hash: "5d48781a73560ad5a673c7a0554a767292ad791cdc0b1847e733ecbc2e1c7e4e"
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 2937 (20012002) — Public records: entities.

## 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=200120020AB2937&version=20010AB293799INT)
2. **04/16/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2937&version=20010AB293798AMD)
3. **06/12/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2937&version=20010AB293797AMD)
4. **08/13/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2937&version=20010AB293796AMD)
5. **09/29/02 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2937&version=20010AB293794CHP)
6. **AB2937** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2937)
7. **08/24/02 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2937&version=20010AB293795ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 2937 Shelley Special Consent Calendar 2nd Day — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 2937 Shelley Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB2937 Shelley By Bowen — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Shelley — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-09-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 1073, Statutes of 2002.
- **2002-09-29** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2002-09-05** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2002-08-24** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 8039.) `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. Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
- **2002-08-20** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5553.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-08-14** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-08-13** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-3`
- **2002-06-17** From Consent Calendar. To third reading.
- **2002-06-12** Read second time, amended, and to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2002-06-11** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2002-05-16** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2002-05-09** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2002-05-09** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 6009.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-05-07** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-05-06** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 6). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2002-04-22** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2002-04-17** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization. `referral-committee`
- **2002-04-16** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization Read second time and amended. `reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-04-08** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2002-03-14** Referred to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization. `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/cf005512-9617-48fa-9e88-6718954fb755`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).