---
type: "Bill"
title: "County children and families commissions: information disclosure."
description: "County children and families commissions: information disclosure."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 973"
citation: "California AB 973 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["County children and families commissions: information disclosure."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chan"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2001-02-23"
last_action: "2001-08-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/45a61fb2-3a57-4c38-b500-2b2818207647"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB973"
source_hash: "f302443312fd1522fadf5c1d40df4c4bd5402db681b08cdf93bc6e0a7d6c6937"
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 973 (20012002) — County children and families commissions: information disclosure.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/23/01 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB973&version=20010AB97399INT)
2. **07/02/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB973&version=20010AB97398AMD)
3. **07/16/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB973&version=20010AB97397AMD)
4. **08/31/01 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB973&version=20010AB97395CHP)
5. **AB973** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB973)
6. **08/20/01 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB973&version=20010AB97396ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 973 Chan Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent #23 AB973 Chan — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 973 Chan Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chan — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-08-31** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 214, Statutes of 2001.
- **2001-08-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2001-08-23** Enrolled and to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2001-08-20** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 3074.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2001-07-23** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 25 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2001-07-21** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2178.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-07-17** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-07-16** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-3`
- **2001-07-12** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-07-11** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2001-07-02** 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`
- **2001-04-26** 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. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1115.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-04-16** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-04-05** Withdrawn from committee. Ordered placed on second reading file.
- **2001-04-04** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 3). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2001-03-21** Referred to Standing Committee on Human Services. `referral-committee`
- **2001-02-26** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2001-02-25** From printer. May be heard in committee March 27.
- **2001-02-23** 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/45a61fb2-3a57-4c38-b500-2b2818207647`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).