---
type: "Bill"
title: "Courts."
description: "Courts."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 3027"
citation: "California AB 3027 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Courts."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Judiciary"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 26
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2002-03-12"
last_action: "2002-09-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/002bc1ed-759b-496f-9832-a37b2171ad34"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB3027"
source_hash: "f01e617bb1d2e7caeafd8050e5c7f9b60d61da6093ac8f7858f12c301d18f543"
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 3027 (20012002) — Courts.

## Version chain

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

1. **03/12/02 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB3027&version=20010AB302799INT)
2. **04/18/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB3027&version=20010AB302798AMD)
3. **06/04/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB3027&version=20010AB302797AMD)
4. **08/05/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB3027&version=20010AB302796AMD)
5. **08/29/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB3027&version=20010AB302795AMD)
6. **09/23/02 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB3027&version=20010AB302793CHP)
7. **AB3027** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB3027)
8. **08/30/02 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB3027&version=20010AB302794ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be placed on the Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 3027 JUD. Concurrence in Senate Amendments By Corbett — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 3027 JUD. Special Consent Calendar 2nd Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- SPECIAL CONSENT CALE AB3027 Committee on Jud. (Steinberg) By Kuehl — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 3027 JUD. Consent Calendar Second Day — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB3027 Committee on Jud. (Steinberg) By Romero — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Committee on Judiciary — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-09-23** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 806, Statutes of 2002.
- **2002-09-22** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2002-09-16** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2002-08-30** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 8653.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2002-08-30** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 6000.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-08-29** In Senate. Held at Desk. Action rescinded whereby the bill was read third time, passed, and to Assembly. Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. `reading-1, reading-3, passage, amendment-passage`
- **2002-08-29** Withdrawn from Enrollment. Action rescinded whereby the Assembly concurred in Senate amendments and whereby the bill was ordered to enrollment. Ordered returned to Senate.
- **2002-08-22** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 7930.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2002-08-19** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 21 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
- **2002-08-19** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5530.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-08-08** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. From Consent Calendar. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-08-07** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2002-08-05** 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`
- **2002-07-02** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2002-06-24** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2002-06-04** 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 5866.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-04-25** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-04-24** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (April 23). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2002-04-22** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 5649.). `referral-committee`
- **2002-04-18** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Judiciary Read second time and amended. `reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-03-18** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2002-03-13** From printer. May be heard in committee April 12.
- **2002-03-12** 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/002bc1ed-759b-496f-9832-a37b2171ad34`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).