---
type: "Bill"
title: "Voting Modernization Bond Act of 2002."
description: "Voting Modernization Bond Act of 2002."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 56"
citation: "California AB 56 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Voting Modernization Bond Act of 2002."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Shelley"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 25
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2000-12-04"
last_action: "2001-10-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0e6cc42f-2234-4814-bd0c-5c6141a6d7f1"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB56"
source_hash: "a37387d7b126bedf5d966eb4fbf46ce800986aed7ea6c5c49b8619105ca0d246"
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 56 (20012002) — Voting Modernization Bond Act of 2002.

## Version chain

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

1. **12/04/00 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB56&version=20010AB5699INT)
2. **04/30/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB56&version=20010AB5698AMD)
3. **06/04/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB56&version=20010AB5697AMD)
4. **07/09/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB56&version=20010AB5696AMD)
5. **09/07/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB56&version=20010AB5695AMD)
6. **09/13/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB56&version=20010AB5694AMD)
7. **10/14/01 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB56&version=20010AB5692CHP)
8. **AB56** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB56)
9. **09/14/01 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB56&version=20010AB5693ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 56 Hertzberg Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 56 Shelley Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB56 Shelley By Polanco — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Shelley — primary (person)
- Cardenas — coauthor (person)
- Hertzberg — author (person)
- Robert Pacheco — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-10-14** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 902, Statutes of 2001.
- **2001-10-14** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2001-09-28** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
- **2001-09-27** (Corrected September 27. )
- **2001-09-26** (Corrected September 18. )
- **2001-09-14** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 71. Noes 7. Page 4018.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2001-09-14** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. (Ayes 29. Noes 8. Page 2978.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-09-13** Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-3`
- **2001-09-07** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.). Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-08-20** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **2001-07-12** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2001-07-09** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Elections and Redistricting. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-06-14** Referred to Standing Committee on Elections and Redistricting. `referral-committee`
- **2001-06-07** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2001-06-06** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 71. Noes 4. Page 2236.) (Corrected June 5. ) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-06-05** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-06-04** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 21. Noes 0.) (May 31). Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-05-29** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice waived. (Page 1856.)
- **2001-05-16** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2001-05-02** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-30** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2001-04-26** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 23). `amendment-introduction, referral-committee, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2001-02-13** Referred to Com. on E.,R. & C.A. `referral-committee`
- **2000-12-05** From printer. May be heard in committee January 4.
- **2000-12-04** 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/0e6cc42f-2234-4814-bd0c-5c6141a6d7f1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).