---
type: "Bill"
title: "Telephone corporations: disabled telecommunications program."
description: "Telephone corporations: disabled telecommunications program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 2784"
citation: "California AB 2784 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Telephone corporations: disabled telecommunications program."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chavez"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2002-02-25"
last_action: "2002-07-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/71ab51ef-c3bd-4439-b2d6-0e7cb9174880"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2784"
source_hash: "abd600f3a12fe19d061132b3cc849860a7d67f304c34a40051763be5ec299544"
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 2784 (20012002) — Telephone corporations: disabled telecommunications program.

## 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=200120020AB2784&version=20010AB278499INT)
2. **07/11/02 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2784&version=20010AB278497CHP)
3. **AB2784** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2784)
4. **06/27/02 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2784&version=20010AB278498ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- SPECIAL CONSENT CALE AB2784 Chavez — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 2784 Chavez Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chavez — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-07-11** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 143, Statutes of 2002.
- **2002-07-10** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2002-07-03** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2002-06-27** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2002-06-27** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 5030.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-06-25** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-06-24** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2002-06-12** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 12). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2002-05-09** Referred to Standing Committee on Energy, Utilities and Communications. `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 5870.) `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`
- **2002-04-10** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (April 8). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2002-03-14** Referred to Standing Committee on Utilities and Commerce. `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/71ab51ef-c3bd-4439-b2d6-0e7cb9174880`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).