---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Library: telephonic reading systems."
description: "State Library: telephonic reading systems."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 1723"
citation: "California AB 1723 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["State Library: telephonic reading systems."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Utilities and Commerce"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 24
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2001-03-15"
last_action: "2001-10-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5d07266f-4294-4b28-ab2d-988e32e91c71"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1723"
source_hash: "b68b4539920383e8248e3a42dbfd591835344b6efab7f55987d3a77c33bbd0cc"
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 1723 (20012002) — State Library: telephonic reading systems.

## Version chain

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

1. **03/15/01 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1723&version=20010AB172399INT)
2. **05/31/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1723&version=20010AB172398AMD)
3. **07/09/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1723&version=20010AB172397AMD)
4. **07/18/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1723&version=20010AB172396AMD)
5. **09/12/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1723&version=20010AB172395AMD)
6. **10/10/01 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1723&version=20010AB172393CHP)
7. **AB1723** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1723)
8. **09/13/01 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1723&version=20010AB172394ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1723 U.& C. Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB1723 Committee on Util & Comm (Wright) By Murray — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1723 U.& C. Assembly Third Reading By Wright — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Committee on Utilities and Commerce — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-10-10** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 654, Statutes of 2001.
- **2001-10-09** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2001-09-28** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
- **2001-09-13** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 3912.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2001-09-13** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 1. Page 2881.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-09-12** Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-3`
- **2001-09-10** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.). Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, committee-passage-favorable, reading-1, committee-passage`
- **2001-09-06** In committee: Held under submission.
- **2001-08-21** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **2001-07-18** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2001-07-17** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 9. Noes 0.). `amendment-introduction, referral-committee, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2001-07-09** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Energy, Utilities and Communications. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-06-25** In committee: Set, first hearing. Further hearing to be set.
- **2001-06-12** Referred to Standing Committee on Energy, Utilities and Communications. `referral-committee`
- **2001-06-06** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2001-06-05** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 2203.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-06-04** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-05-31** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 21. Noes 0.) (May 31). Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-05-29** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice waived. (Page 1856.)
- **2001-05-09** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-24** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (April 23). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2001-03-22** Referred to Standing Committee on Utilities and Commerce. `referral-committee`
- **2001-03-16** From printer. May be heard in committee April 15.
- **2001-03-15** 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/5d07266f-4294-4b28-ab2d-988e32e91c71`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).