---
type: "Bill"
title: "Parole: sex offenses."
description: "Parole: sex offenses."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 2539"
citation: "California AB 2539 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Parole: sex offenses."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rod Pacheco"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2002-02-21"
last_action: "2002-09-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ad0812a2-b8ee-4be6-ba81-12d29bc89612"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2539"
source_hash: "5197a0792c38936cfdad02fe9f94375ec5cc61c588d47804ae9e9f305430bd1b"
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 2539 (20012002) — Parole: sex offenses.

## 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=200120020AB2539&version=20010AB253999INT)
2. **04/01/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2539&version=20010AB253998AMD)
3. **09/24/02 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2539&version=20010AB253996CHP)
4. **AB2539** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2539)
5. **08/27/02 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2539&version=20010AB253997ENR)

## Votes

- Assembly 3rd Reading AB2539 Rod Pacheco By Oller — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 2539 Rod_Pacheco Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Rod Pacheco — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-09-24** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 829, Statutes of 2002.
- **2002-09-23** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2002-09-09** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2002-08-27** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2002-08-27** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 5793.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-08-22** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 1.). Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, committee-passage-favorable, reading-1, committee-passage`
- **2002-06-24** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **2002-06-11** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2002-05-30** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2002-05-24** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2002-05-23** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 6331.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-05-23** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 24. Noes 0.) (May 22). Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, committee-passage-favorable, reading-1, committee-passage`
- **2002-04-24** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2002-04-03** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (April 2). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2002-04-02** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2002-04-01** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Public Safety Read second time and amended. `reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-03-07** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2002-02-22** From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
- **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/ad0812a2-b8ee-4be6-ba81-12d29bc89612`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).