---
type: "Bill"
title: "Tort Claims Act: judiciary."
description: "Tort Claims Act: judiciary."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 2321"
citation: "California AB 2321 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Tort Claims Act: judiciary."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hertzberg"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 23
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2002-02-21"
last_action: "2002-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/39bd28b3-d6ad-4d58-a425-ea5365f85b5e"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2321"
source_hash: "8f49e79a67b093b6c6df45a60474f256ae79138ef89a483ad4193527434cf527"
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 2321 (20012002) — Tort Claims Act: judiciary.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/21/02 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2321&version=20010AB232199INT)
2. **04/16/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2321&version=20010AB232198AMD)
3. **04/22/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2321&version=20010AB232197AMD)
4. **06/29/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2321&version=20010AB232196AMD)
5. **09/27/02 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2321&version=20010AB232194CHP)
6. **AB2321** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2321)
7. **08/24/02 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2321&version=20010AB232195ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- SPECIAL CONSENT CALE AB2321 Hertzberg — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 2321 Hertzberg Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 2321 Hertzberg Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hertzberg — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 1007, Statutes of 2002.
- **2002-09-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2002-09-04** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2002-08-24** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 76. Noes 1. Page 8028.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2002-08-15** From Special Consent Calendar. To unfinished business file.
- **2002-08-12** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 14 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
- **2002-08-12** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5370.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-08-07** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-08-06** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2002-06-29** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2002-06-28** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.). `amendment-introduction, referral-committee, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2002-05-23** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `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 72. Noes 0. Page 6169.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-05-13** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-05-09** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 8). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2002-04-24** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (April 23). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2002-04-23** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2002-04-22** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 5649.) 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** 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`
- **2002-04-15** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2002-02-22** From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
- **2002-02-21** 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/39bd28b3-d6ad-4d58-a425-ea5365f85b5e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).