---
type: "Bill"
title: "Court procedures."
description: "Court procedures."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 3028"
citation: "California AB 3028 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Court procedures."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Judiciary"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 27
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2002-03-12"
last_action: "2002-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/81fefd4c-bc14-4224-a345-fd2dfab55f96"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB3028"
source_hash: "f9e0239e1abcfdb4b927d9be68f84fe88329e059b41062f7498b8bab892579fc"
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 3028 (20012002) — Court procedures.

## 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=200120020AB3028&version=20010AB302899INT)
2. **04/18/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB3028&version=20010AB302898AMD)
3. **05/23/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB3028&version=20010AB302897AMD)
4. **06/19/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB3028&version=20010AB302896AMD)
5. **06/26/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB3028&version=20010AB302895AMD)
6. **08/05/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB3028&version=20010AB302894AMD)
7. **08/22/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB3028&version=20010AB302893AMD)
8. **09/27/02 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB3028&version=20010AB302891CHP)
9. **AB3028** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB3028)
10. **08/28/02 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB3028&version=20010AB302892ENR)

## Votes

- AB 3028 JUD. Assembly Third Reading By Corbett — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 3028 JUD. Concurrence in Senate Amendments By Corbett — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB3028 Committee on Jud. (Steinberg) By Kuehl — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Committee on Judiciary — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 1008, Statutes of 2002.
- **2002-09-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2002-09-10** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2002-08-28** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 69. Noes 8. Page 8300.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2002-08-27** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 29 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2002-08-27** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 29. Noes 7. Page 5774.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-08-22** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and be amended. Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2002-08-07** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2002-08-06** (Corrected August 5. )
- **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.
- **2002-06-26** 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`
- **2002-06-19** 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`
- **2002-06-18** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2002-06-04** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2002-05-28** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2002-05-28** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 6442.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-05-24** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-05-23** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 24. Noes 0.) (May 22). Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-05-09** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2002-04-24** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (April 23). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2002-04-23** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2002-04-22** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 5649.)
- **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/81fefd4c-bc14-4224-a345-fd2dfab55f96`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).