---
type: "Bill"
title: "Interception of communication."
description: "Interception of communication."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 74"
citation: "California AB 74 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Interception of communication."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Washington"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 23
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2000-12-22"
last_action: "2002-09-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5e81019a-46e8-432f-8b72-6ca8ca719f09"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB74"
source_hash: "a5cd39c098bfa1402749e694e25c0a18d5500bcaa2a2557fd390c1271390e71f"
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 74 (20012002) — Interception of communication.

## Version chain

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

1. **12/22/00 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB74&version=20010AB7499INT)
2. **01/07/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB74&version=20010AB7498AMD)
3. **01/23/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB74&version=20010AB7497AMD)
4. **01/29/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB74&version=20010AB7496AMD)
5. **08/05/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB74&version=20010AB7495AMD)
6. **08/22/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB74&version=20010AB7494AMD)
7. **09/17/02 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB74&version=20010AB7492CHP)
8. **AB74** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB74)
9. **08/28/02 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB74&version=20010AB7493ENR)

## Votes

- AB 74 Washington Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 74 Washington Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB74 Washington By McPherson — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Washington — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-09-17** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 605, Statutes of 2002.
- **2002-09-16** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2002-09-10** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2002-08-28** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 71. Noes 0. Page 8355.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2002-08-27** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 29 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2002-08-27** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 26. Noes 1. Page 5775.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-08-22** 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`
- **2002-08-13** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **2002-08-05** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (August 5). Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-1, referral-committee, committee-passage, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-06-05** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2002-02-07** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2002-01-31** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2002-01-30** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 45. Noes 0. Page 4651.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-01-29** Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-3`
- **2002-01-24** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 5.) (January 24). Read second time. To third reading. `committee-passage-favorable, reading-1, referral-committee, committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2002-01-23** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2002-01-22** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (January 15). `amendment-introduction, referral-committee, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2002-01-09** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2002-01-07** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Public Safety Read second time and amended. `reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-02-01** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2001-01-03** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2000-12-26** From printer. May be heard in committee January 25.
- **2000-12-22** Introduced. To print. `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5e81019a-46e8-432f-8b72-6ca8ca719f09`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).