---
type: "Bill"
title: "Personal identifying information: identity theft."
description: "Personal identifying information: identity theft."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 655"
citation: "California AB 655 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Personal identifying information: identity theft."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wright"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 26
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2001-02-22"
last_action: "2001-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/729cadf0-e157-45ec-8f6a-61fd3f24b07b"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB655"
source_hash: "c5bfb3ffc457caf4b033bc6798d89065f2653dbd4b285b55dba5eb6eb30f7537"
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 655 (20012002) — Personal identifying information: identity theft.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/22/01 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB655&version=20010AB65599INT)
2. **04/17/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB655&version=20010AB65598AMD)
3. **05/03/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB655&version=20010AB65597AMD)
4. **05/15/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB655&version=20010AB65596AMD)
5. **06/20/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB655&version=20010AB65595AMD)
6. **08/20/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB655&version=20010AB65594AMD)
7. **08/28/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB655&version=20010AB65593AMD)
8. **09/27/01 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB655&version=20010AB65591CHP)
9. **AB655** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB655)
10. **09/06/01 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB655&version=20010AB65592ENR)

## Votes

- AB 655 Wright Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB655 Wright By Bowen — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 655 Wright Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Judiciary. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Wright — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 354, Statutes of 2001.
- **2001-09-26** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2001-09-20** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
- **2001-09-06** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 58. Noes 20. Page 3506.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2001-09-05** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 7 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2001-09-04** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 25. Noes 13. Page 2567.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-08-28** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2001-08-27** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2001-08-20** 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`
- **2001-07-09** Joint Rule 61 (a)(9) suspended (Page 1890.)
- **2001-07-05** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2001-06-20** 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`
- **2001-05-31** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2001-05-17** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2001-05-17** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 52. Noes 16. Page 1677.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-05-16** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-05-15** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2001-05-14** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 2.) (May 8). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2001-05-08** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2001-05-03** 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`
- **2001-05-01** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Judiciary Re-referred. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (April 30). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2001-04-30** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Banking and Finance. `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-17** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Banking and Finance Read second time and amended. `reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-03-15** Referred to Standing Committee on Banking and Finance and Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2001-02-23** From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
- **2001-02-22** 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/729cadf0-e157-45ec-8f6a-61fd3f24b07b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).