---
type: "Bill"
title: "Civil rights."
description: "Civil rights."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 587"
citation: "California AB 587 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Civil rights."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Firebaugh"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2001-02-21"
last_action: "2001-09-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/df2e9521-f3b2-473c-a421-bb8006c8db43"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB587"
source_hash: "d495aefd5ae4a56b07a40f38c79402bed137113c070f39912ad1402168ebc5f1"
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 587 (20012002) — Civil rights.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/21/01 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB587&version=20010AB58799INT)
2. **03/26/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB587&version=20010AB58798AMD)
3. **07/18/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB587&version=20010AB58797AMD)
4. **09/10/01 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB587&version=20010AB58795CHP)
5. **AB587** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB587)
6. **08/23/01 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB587&version=20010AB58796ENR)

## Votes

- AB 587 Firebaugh Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB587 Firebaugh By Escutia — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 587 Firebaugh Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Firebaugh — primary (person)
- Wesson — author (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-09-10** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 261, Statutes of 2001.
- **2001-09-08** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2001-08-27** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3:15 p.m.
- **2001-08-23** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 47. Noes 25. Page 3161.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2001-07-20** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 22 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2001-07-20** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 23. Noes 11. Page 2137.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-07-19** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-07-18** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-3`
- **2001-07-09** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-07-05** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2001-06-25** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2001-04-26** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-19** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2001-04-19** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-04-05** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-04-04** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 2.) (April 3). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2001-03-27** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2001-03-26** 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`
- **2001-03-05** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2001-02-22** From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
- **2001-02-21** 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/df2e9521-f3b2-473c-a421-bb8006c8db43`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).