---
type: "Bill"
title: "Corporations."
description: "Corporations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 2969"
citation: "California AB 2969 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Corporations."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Florez"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2002-02-25"
last_action: "2002-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a7d3770e-7a1b-4a14-be7c-508f949f845f"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2969"
source_hash: "28cd7fb9566e1d5da1d63f3b2f068802b6afe5c81415e712f7ca703955b29933"
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 2969 (20012002) — Corporations.

## 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=200120020AB2969&version=20010AB296999INT)
2. **09/27/02 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2969&version=20010AB296997CHP)
3. **AB2969** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2969)
4. **06/27/02 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2969&version=20010AB296998ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- SPECIAL CONSENT CALE AB2969 Florez — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 2969 Florez Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Florez — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 964, Statutes of 2002.
- **2002-09-26** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2002-08-31** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2002-08-31** Ordered returned to enrollment.
- **2002-07-22** Returned by the Governor at the request of the Assembly. Held at Desk.
- **2002-07-08** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
- **2002-06-27** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2002-06-27** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 5029.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-06-24** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-06-20** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2002-05-23** Referred to Com. on B., C. & I. T. `referral-committee`
- **2002-05-14** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2002-05-13** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 1. Page 6052.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-04-24** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-04-23** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (April 22). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2002-04-15** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2002-03-14** Referred to Standing Committee on Banking and Finance. `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/a7d3770e-7a1b-4a14-be7c-508f949f845f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).