---
type: "Bill"
title: "Waivers: obligations: consumers."
description: "Waivers: obligations: consumers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 2331"
citation: "California AB 2331 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Waivers: obligations: consumers."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wayne"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2002-02-21"
last_action: "2002-09-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7ebff233-5bd6-407f-a7b9-03efc6607a62"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2331"
source_hash: "b24972700d0ae8536688546f53b4b8eb27aeab59c87a73ecb2bfc65912bb67dc"
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 2331 (20012002) — Waivers: obligations: consumers.

## 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=200120020AB2331&version=20010AB233199INT)
2. **09/23/02 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2331&version=20010AB233197CHP)
3. **AB2331** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2331)
4. **08/14/02 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2331&version=20010AB233198ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 2331 Wayne Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB2331 Wayne By Dunn — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Wayne — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-09-23** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 815, Statutes of 2002.
- **2002-09-23** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2002-08-21** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2002-08-15** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2002-08-14** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 21. Noes 11. Page 5417.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-08-07** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-08-06** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 3.) (August 5). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2002-07-01** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2002-06-19** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 4. Noes 2.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2002-05-16** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2002-05-06** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2002-05-06** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 46. Noes 28. Page 5918.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-04-29** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-04-25** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 6.) (April 24). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2002-04-16** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 8. Noes 4.) (April 16). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2002-03-18** 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/7ebff233-5bd6-407f-a7b9-03efc6607a62`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).