---
type: "Bill"
title: "Service of process."
description: "Service of process."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 2493"
citation: "California AB 2493 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Service of process."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Robert Pacheco"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 16
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2002-02-21"
last_action: "2002-07-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1b9d70c2-9757-4754-9355-ad868344bebf"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2493"
source_hash: "108844d8da5ac4d7719a14af03d25d90f5fc4ebc80e611496a3f8806b03e47d4"
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 2493 (20012002) — Service of process.

## 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=200120020AB2493&version=20010AB249399INT)
2. **06/25/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2493&version=20010AB249398AMD)
3. **07/17/02 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2493&version=20010AB249396CHP)
4. **AB2493** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2493)
5. **06/30/02 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2493&version=20010AB249397ENR)

## Votes

- AB 2493 Pacheco,Robert Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar 2nd AB2493 Robert Pache — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 2493 Pacheco,Robert Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Robert Pacheco — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-07-17** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 197, Statutes of 2002.
- **2002-07-16** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2002-07-08** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
- **2002-06-30** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 7096.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2002-06-27** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after June 29 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2002-06-27** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 5027.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-06-25** Read second time and amended. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2002-06-24** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2002-04-15** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2002-04-08** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2002-04-08** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 5376.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-04-03** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-04-02** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (April 2). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2002-03-14** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2002-02-24** From printer. May be heard in committee March 26.
- **2002-02-21** Assembly Rule 49(a) suspended. 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/1b9d70c2-9757-4754-9355-ad868344bebf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).