---
type: "Bill"
title: "State government."
description: "State government."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 593"
citation: "California AB 593 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State government."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Oropeza"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 21
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2001-02-21"
last_action: "2002-09-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a8049930-8807-49f1-8eb3-a14f4d0e0bbe"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB593"
source_hash: "8ce56df3305e2e3fb9cc874d159d11c5d68fd4b3938fbe6782c9bd2891e6a413"
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 593 (20012002) — State government.

## 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=200120020AB593&version=20010AB59399INT)
2. **05/09/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB593&version=20010AB59398AMD)
3. **08/31/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB593&version=20010AB59396AMD)
4. **09/07/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB593&version=20010AB59397AMD)
5. **09/28/02 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB593&version=20010AB59394CHP)
6. **AB593** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB593)
7. **09/01/02 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB593&version=20010AB59395ENR)

## Votes

- W/O REF. TO FILE AB593 Diaz Urgency Clause — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 593 Diaz Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 593 Oropeza Concurrence in Senate Amendments Urgency Added — **pass** (pass) · lower
- W/O REF. TO FILE AB593 Diaz Amend by Peace — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Oropeza — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-09-28** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 1023, Statutes of 2002.
- **2002-09-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2002-09-18** Enrolled and to the Governor at 9:30 a.m.
- **2002-09-01** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. Assembly Rule 77 suspended. Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 70. Noes 4. Page 8810.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2002-09-01** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. (Ayes 27. Noes 1. Page 6152.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-08-31** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2002-08-31** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Revenue and Taxation. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-09-07** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Revenue and Taxation. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-06-12** Referred to Standing Committee on Revenue and Taxation. `referral-committee`
- **2001-06-05** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2001-06-04** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 1. Page 2035.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-05-31** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 21. Noes 0.) (May 31). Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, committee-passage-favorable, reading-1, committee-passage`
- **2001-05-29** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice waived. (Page 1856.)
- **2001-05-23** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2001-05-15** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (May 14). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2001-05-10** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Revenue and Taxation. `referral-committee`
- **2001-05-09** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Revenue and Taxation. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-05-07** In committee: Set, first hearing. Held under submission.
- **2001-03-05** Referred to Standing Committee on Revenue and Taxation. `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/a8049930-8807-49f1-8eb3-a14f4d0e0bbe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).