---
type: "Bill"
title: "Family law."
description: "Family law."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 3033"
citation: "California AB 3033 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Family law."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Judiciary"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 22
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2002-03-12"
last_action: "2002-09-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d6fdab98-48a7-4a70-830a-9496adf7e270"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB3033"
source_hash: "15e3c3387db9c7f4e4491e26be2394e2dc3757a13bc58dbaf24005a8a84b578d"
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 3033 (20012002) — Family law.

## 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=200120020AB3033&version=20010AB303399INT)
2. **04/15/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB3033&version=20010AB303398AMD)
3. **06/26/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB3033&version=20010AB303397AMD)
4. **09/21/02 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB3033&version=20010AB303395CHP)
5. **AB3033** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB3033)
6. **08/23/02 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB3033&version=20010AB303396ENR)

## Votes

- AB 3033 JUD. Concurrence in Senate Amendments By Corbett — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 3033 JUD. Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB3033 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.

- **2002-09-21** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 759, Statutes of 2002.
- **2002-09-20** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2002-09-05** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2002-08-23** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 68. Noes 1. Page 7975.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2002-08-21** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 23 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2002-08-21** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 26. Noes 7. Page 5589.) `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`
- **2002-08-07** 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`
- **2002-06-26** 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`
- **2002-06-24** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **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** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 5649.)
- **2002-04-16** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2002-04-15** 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`
- **2002-04-11** 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/d6fdab98-48a7-4a70-830a-9496adf7e270`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).