---
type: "Bill"
title: "Dependent children: psychotropic medications."
description: "Dependent children: psychotropic medications."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 2502"
citation: "California AB 2502 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Dependent children: psychotropic medications."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Keene"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 18
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2004-02-19"
last_action: "2004-08-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0c4857c6-3b84-45a7-a4e5-6b152ff0ed81"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2502"
source_hash: "d7890045b8a204d77a596acd7f3163cfa0a7ffa65989e24d83e4b386489f06b5"
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 2502 (20032004) — Dependent children: psychotropic medications.

## 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=200320040AB2502&version=20030AB250299INT)
2. **05/11/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2502&version=20030AB250298AMD)
3. **06/21/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2502&version=20030AB250297AMD)
4. **06/28/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2502&version=20030AB250296AMD)
5. **08/30/04 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2502&version=20030AB250294CHP)
6. **AB2502** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2502)
7. **08/12/04 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2502&version=20030AB250295ENR)

## Votes

- ab 2502 keene consent calendar second day regular session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- special consent cale ab2502 keene — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 2502 keene concurrence in senate amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- do pass as amended, to consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Keene — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-08-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 329, Statutes of 2004.
- **2004-08-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2004-08-16** Enrolled and to the Governor at 5 p.m.
- **2004-08-12** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 7027.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2004-07-02** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 4 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2004-07-01** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4542.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-06-28** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-06-24** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2004-06-21** 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. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-05-27** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2004-05-18** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2004-05-17** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 5766.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-05-12** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-05-11** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-05-10** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. (May 4). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2004-03-08** 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/0c4857c6-3b84-45a7-a4e5-6b152ff0ed81`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).