---
type: "Bill"
title: "Coroner's reports."
description: "Coroner's reports."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 1958"
citation: "California AB 1958 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Coroner's reports."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bates"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 19
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2002-02-14"
last_action: "2002-07-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3a7b9e35-5a8b-4793-83d6-1d6bba93ea21"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1958"
source_hash: "bb47c7bbf60bd5ee97e7c3a132f0e68d3feb3f7b51f5bfb4410e0911f3e3e770"
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 1958 (20012002) — Coroner's reports.

## 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=200120020AB1958&version=20010AB195899INT)
2. **04/01/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1958&version=20010AB195898AMD)
3. **05/28/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1958&version=20010AB195897AMD)
4. **07/09/02 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1958&version=20010AB195895CHP)
5. **AB1958** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1958)
6. **06/24/02 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1958&version=20010AB195896ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1958 Bates Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be placed on the Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1958 Bates Consent Calendar Second Day — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar 2nd AB1958 Bates — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bates — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-07-09** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 123, Statutes of 2002.
- **2002-07-09** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2002-06-28** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11:45 a.m.
- **2002-06-24** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2002-06-17** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after June 19 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2002-06-17** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 31. Noes 0. Page 4757.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-06-06** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-06-05** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (June 5). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2002-05-28** 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. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-04-22** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2002-04-15** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2002-04-15** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 5514.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-04-10** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-04-09** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (April 9). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2002-04-02** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2002-04-01** 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`
- **2002-03-21** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `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/3a7b9e35-5a8b-4793-83d6-1d6bba93ea21`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).