---
type: "Bill"
title: "Adoption: preplacement evaluations."
description: "Adoption: preplacement evaluations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 2492"
citation: "California AB 2492 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Adoption: preplacement evaluations."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["La Suer"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2004-02-19"
last_action: "2004-07-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/053fbcb1-1935-4766-a128-15f82b0f19c2"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2492"
source_hash: "9840aceaad2abc85dd29d9b0c53f508a134df68f92d12aa7400ce905bf2a7d16"
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 2492 (20032004) — Adoption: preplacement evaluations.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/19/04 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2492&version=20030AB249299INT)
2. **04/14/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2492&version=20030AB249298AMD)
3. **07/09/04 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2492&version=20030AB249296CHP)
4. **AB2492** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2492)
5. **06/24/04 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2492&version=20030AB249297ENR)

## Votes

- consent calendar 2nd ab2492 la suer — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 2492 la suer consent calendar second day regular session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- do pass, to consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- do pass and be placed on the consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- La Suer — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-07-09** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 128, Statutes of 2004.
- **2004-07-08** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2004-06-28** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2004-06-24** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2004-06-24** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 4359.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-06-17** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-06-16** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2004-05-25** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2004-05-13** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2004-05-03** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2004-04-29** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 5430.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-04-22** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-04-21** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (April 20). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2004-04-15** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2004-04-14** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Judiciary Read second time and amended. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-03-30** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2004-03-04** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2004-02-20** From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
- **2004-02-19** 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/053fbcb1-1935-4766-a128-15f82b0f19c2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).