---
type: "Bill"
title: "Electronic communication."
description: "Electronic communication."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 1962"
citation: "California AB 1962 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Electronic communication."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hollingsworth"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 25
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2002-02-14"
last_action: "2002-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/10c085f4-58ea-458d-8bf2-38e861887d53"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1962"
source_hash: "440a2196fba8e0d57b875247aba68d91ebe1b3630ee22be37be54a63e3be2852"
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 1962 (20012002) — Electronic communication.

## 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=200120020AB1962&version=20010AB196299INT)
2. **05/20/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1962&version=20010AB196298AMD)
3. **08/05/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1962&version=20010AB196297AMD)
4. **09/27/02 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1962&version=20010AB196295CHP)
5. **AB1962** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1962)
6. **08/28/02 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1962&version=20010AB196296ENR)

## Votes

- AB 1962 Hollingsworth Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1962 Hollingsworth Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent Cal AB1962 Hollingswort — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hollingsworth — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 945, Statutes of 2002.
- **2002-09-26** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2002-09-12** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
- **2002-08-28** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 8382.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2002-08-27** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 29 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
- **2002-08-27** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5825.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-08-26** Withdrawn from committee. Ordered placed on third reading file.
- **2002-08-21** Read second time. To third reading. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules. `reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2002-08-20** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2002-08-12** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2002-08-05** 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`
- **2002-07-02** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2002-06-04** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2002-05-28** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2002-05-28** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 6455.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-05-23** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 22). Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, committee-passage-favorable, reading-1, committee-passage`
- **2002-05-21** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2002-05-20** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Read second time and amended. `reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-05-15** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (May 14). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2002-05-02** Joint Rule 61(b)(5) suspended. (Standing Committee on Judiciary).
- **2002-04-08** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2002-04-04** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary by unanimous consent. `referral-committee`
- **2002-02-21** Referred to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization and 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/10c085f4-58ea-458d-8bf2-38e861887d53`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).