---
type: "Bill"
title: "Child abuse reporting."
description: "Child abuse reporting."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 2531"
citation: "California AB 2531 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Child abuse reporting."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bates"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 22
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2004-02-20"
last_action: "2004-09-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/78fa5449-09eb-4672-a07a-92dfe61c5cff"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2531"
source_hash: "41356c2a2bfd378b3638b8d2e67d9f7adfc72173ea9a27e500e372513b309640"
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 2531 (20032004) — Child abuse reporting.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/20/04 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2531&version=20030AB253199INT)
2. **04/13/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2531&version=20030AB253198AMD)
3. **08/19/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2531&version=20030AB253197AMD)
4. **09/24/04 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2531&version=20030AB253195CHP)
5. **AB2531** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2531)
6. **08/25/04 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2531&version=20030AB253196ENR)

## Votes

- ab 2531 bates consent calendar second day regular session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- do pass, to consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- assembly 3rd reading ab2531 bates by ashburn — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 2531 bates concurrence in senate amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bates — primary (person)
- Benoit — coauthor (person)
- Bermudez — coauthor (person)
- Daucher — coauthor (person)
- Harman — coauthor (person)
- Haynes — coauthor (person)
- Houston — coauthor (person)
- Jerome Horton — coauthor (person)
- Maze — coauthor (person)
- McPherson — coauthor (person)
- Pacheco — coauthor (person)
- Salinas — coauthor (person)
- Samuelian — coauthor (person)
- Spitzer — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-09-24** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 762, Statutes of 2004.
- **2004-09-24** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2004-09-08** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2004-08-25** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 7721.) Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 7731.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2004-08-24** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 26 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2004-08-24** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 5290.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-08-23** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-08-19** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-06-22** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-06-21** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2004-06-02** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2004-05-13** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `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 5433.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-04-26** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-04-22** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (April 21). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2004-04-14** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2004-04-13** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-04-12** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (March 30). `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, committee-passage`
- **2004-03-08** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2004-02-22** From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
- **2004-02-20** 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/78fa5449-09eb-4672-a07a-92dfe61c5cff`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).