---
type: "Bill"
title: "Prisons."
description: "Prisons."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 2773"
citation: "California AB 2773 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Prisons."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Salinas"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2002-02-25"
last_action: "2002-07-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2ecdfb86-8dec-49d0-a2c0-e1ffc2c5fff5"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2773"
source_hash: "de94ad34a34ebc40a2a2bb01ea28f2a8fb4e485f33e984c00877ef1e9f1c40c7"
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 2773 (20012002) — Prisons.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/25/02 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2773&version=20010AB277399INT)
2. **07/05/02 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2773&version=20010AB277397CHP)
3. **AB2773** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2773)
4. **06/20/02 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2773&version=20010AB277398ENR)

## Votes

- SPECIAL CONSENT CALE AB2773 Salinas — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 2773 Salinas Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Salinas — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-07-05** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 113, Statutes of 2002.
- **2002-07-03** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2002-06-25** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2:45 p.m.
- **2002-06-20** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2002-06-20** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 4869.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-06-18** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-06-17** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2002-06-04** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2002-05-09** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2002-05-02** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2002-05-02** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 67. Noes 0. Page 5869.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-04-29** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-04-25** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (April 24). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2002-04-17** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 16). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2002-03-18** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2002-02-26** From printer. May be heard in committee March 28.
- **2002-02-25** Joint Rule 54 (a) suspended. 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/2ecdfb86-8dec-49d0-a2c0-e1ffc2c5fff5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).