---
type: "Bill"
title: "Nonresident petitioners: adoption."
description: "Nonresident petitioners: adoption."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 746"
citation: "California AB 746 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Nonresident petitioners: adoption."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["La Suer"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 29
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2001-02-22"
last_action: "2002-09-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d51dfb8e-9ad7-44e5-8ffd-8d7e14b5b5b4"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB746"
source_hash: "6cc77aa4e99f0a7ac4fca84543e5efcb687b81422efd578bfab95f6382465c5d"
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 746 (20012002) — Nonresident petitioners: adoption.

## 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=200120020AB746&version=20010AB74699INT)
2. **01/07/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB746&version=20010AB74696AMD)
3. **04/16/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB746&version=20010AB74698AMD)
4. **04/25/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB746&version=20010AB74695AMD)
5. **04/30/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB746&version=20010AB74697AMD)
6. **08/05/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB746&version=20010AB74694AMD)
7. **08/08/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB746&version=20010AB74693AMD)
8. **09/29/02 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB746&version=20010AB74691CHP)
9. **AB746** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB746)
10. **08/28/02 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB746&version=20010AB74692ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 746 La Suer Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 746 La Suer Consent Calendar Second Day — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB746 La Suer By Scott — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- La Suer — primary (person)
- Scott — coauthor (person)
- Strickland — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-09-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 1112, Statutes of 2002.
- **2002-09-29** 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 77. Noes 0. Page 8332.) `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 38. Noes 0. Page 5781.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-08-22** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 1.). Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, committee-passage-favorable, reading-1, committee-passage`
- **2002-08-08** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-08-05** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **2002-08-05** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-05-15** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (May 14). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2002-04-25** 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`
- **2002-02-07** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2002-01-29** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2002-01-29** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 4631.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-01-24** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-01-23** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (January 23). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2002-01-18** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice waived.
- **2002-01-08** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2002-01-07** 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`
- **2001-05-08** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2001-05-02** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-30** 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`
- **2001-04-17** In committee: Set, second hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2001-04-16** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Public Safety Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety Re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary by unanimous consent. `reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-04-03** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2001-03-08** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2001-02-25** From printer. May be heard in committee March 27.
- **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/d51dfb8e-9ad7-44e5-8ffd-8d7e14b5b5b4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).