---
type: "Bill"
title: "Video arcades."
description: "Video arcades."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 1956"
citation: "California AB 1956 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Video arcades."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Vargas"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 29
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2002-02-14"
last_action: "2002-09-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/af3a6188-1e1f-4eea-bf21-0a8aafd90c55"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1956"
source_hash: "55442c70506b1d551b7b80ceb82d4e2f8e7d503038c0daf74ed62efbaccf3ce9"
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 1956 (20012002) — Video arcades.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/14/02 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1956&version=20010AB195699INT)
2. **04/04/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1956&version=20010AB195698AMD)
3. **04/18/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1956&version=20010AB195697AMD)
4. **05/01/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1956&version=20010AB195696AMD)
5. **06/04/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1956&version=20010AB195695AMD)
6. **06/17/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1956&version=20010AB195694AMD)
7. **06/28/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1956&version=20010AB195693AMD)
8. **08/14/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1956&version=20010AB195692AMD)
9. **09/21/02 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1956&version=20010AB195690CHP)
10. **AB1956** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1956)
11. **08/21/02 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1956&version=20010AB195691ENR)

## Votes

- Set, first hearing. Failed passage in Committee. Reconsideration granted. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Arts, Entertain, Sports, Tourism, & Internet Media — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1956 Vargas Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **fail** (fail) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB1956 Vargas By Soto — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1956 Vargas Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Vargas — primary (person)
- Polanco — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-09-21** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 748, Statutes of 2002.
- **2002-09-20** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2002-08-29** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2002-08-21** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 59. Noes 14. Page 7854.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2002-08-19** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 21 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2002-08-19** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 22. Noes 14. Page 5515.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-08-15** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-08-14** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-3`
- **2002-06-28** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2002-06-27** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2002-06-17** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-06-04** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-05-23** Referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. `referral-committee`
- **2002-05-16** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2002-05-16** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 47. Noes 16. Page 6156.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-05-13** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-05-09** Withdrawn from committee. Ordered placed on second reading file.
- **2002-05-08** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2002-05-01** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2002-04-30** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 10. Noes 4.) (April 25). `amendment-introduction, referral-committee, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2002-04-24** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Arts, Entertainment, Sports, Tourism, and Internet Media Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 1.) (April 23). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2002-04-22** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 5649.). `referral-committee`
- **2002-04-18** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Judiciary Read second time and amended. `reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-04-16** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2002-04-08** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2002-04-04** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Judiciary Read second time and amended. `reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-04-04** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary and Standing Committee on Arts, Entertainment, Sports, Tourism, and Internet Media. `referral-committee`
- **2002-02-15** From printer. May be heard in committee March 17.
- **2002-02-14** 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/af3a6188-1e1f-4eea-bf21-0a8aafd90c55`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).