---
type: "Bill"
title: "Discrimination: homeless youth."
description: "Discrimination: homeless youth."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 2972"
citation: "California AB 2972 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Discrimination: homeless youth."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Aroner"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 24
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2002-02-25"
last_action: "2002-09-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/115e50f0-87cf-4dc3-bfe4-b73aa3b2c955"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2972"
source_hash: "6f93793cf29b32caca23b6dabb549fb197ab8c2f5f957d0154a56df59962e8e5"
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 2972 (20012002) — Discrimination: homeless youth.

## 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=200120020AB2972&version=20010AB297299INT)
2. **04/29/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2972&version=20010AB297298AMD)
3. **05/15/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2972&version=20010AB297297AMD)
4. **06/19/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2972&version=20010AB297296AMD)
5. **09/29/02 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2972&version=20010AB297294CHP)
6. **AB2972** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2972)
7. **08/24/02 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2972&version=20010AB297295ENR)

## Votes

- AB 2972 Aroner Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- SPECIAL CONSENT CALE AB2972 Aroner — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Housing and Community Development. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 2972 Aroner Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **pass** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Aroner — primary (person)
- Reyes — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-09-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 1074, 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 78. Noes 1. Page 8005.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2002-08-22** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 24 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2002-08-22** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5639.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-08-19** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-08-15** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2002-08-08** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2002-07-01** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2002-06-26** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Housing and Community Development Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 26). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2002-06-19** 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`
- **2002-05-30** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary and Standing Committee on Housing and Community Development. `referral-committee`
- **2002-05-24** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2002-05-23** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 71. Noes 0. Page 6325.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-05-23** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 24. Noes 0.) (May 22). Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, committee-passage-favorable, reading-1, committee-passage`
- **2002-05-16** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2002-05-15** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2002-05-14** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 7. Noes 1.) (May 8). `amendment-introduction, referral-committee, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2002-05-02** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Housing and Community Development. `referral-committee`
- **2002-04-29** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Housing and Community Development Read second time and amended. `reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-03-18** Referred to Standing Committee on Housing and Community Development. `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/115e50f0-87cf-4dc3-bfe4-b73aa3b2c955`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).