---
type: "Bill"
title: "Income taxes: dependent care."
description: "Income taxes: dependent care."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 2963"
citation: "California AB 2963 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Income taxes: dependent care."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Aroner"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 24
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2002-02-25"
last_action: "2002-09-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bdaa2998-70cd-4f47-9f26-77ed45f9b95d"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2963"
source_hash: "b88a25918fce669769b3e5212c3677d6f0417d95e884dc10c7d6a9909c61fc74"
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 2963 (20012002) — Income taxes: dependent care.

## 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=200120020AB2963&version=20010AB296399INT)
2. **04/02/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2963&version=20010AB296398AMD)
3. **08/21/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2963&version=20010AB296397AMD)
4. **09/21/02 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2963&version=20010AB296395CHP)
5. **AB2963** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2963)
6. **08/29/02 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2963&version=20010AB296396ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 2963 Aroner Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 2963 Aroner Special Consent Calendar 2nd Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- SPECIAL CONSENT CALE AB2963 Aroner By Scott — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Aroner — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-09-21** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 757, Statutes of 2002.
- **2002-09-20** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2002-09-16** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2002-08-29** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 8537.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2002-08-26** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 28 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
- **2002-08-26** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-08-22** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-08-21** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-3`
- **2002-08-20** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-08-19** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2002-08-08** 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`
- **2002-07-01** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2002-06-24** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2002-06-04** Referred to Standing Committee on Revenue and Taxation. `referral-committee`
- **2002-05-28** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2002-05-28** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 6444.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-05-20** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-05-16** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 23. Noes 0.) (May 15). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2002-05-07** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (May 6). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2002-04-04** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Revenue and Taxation. `referral-committee`
- **2002-04-02** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Revenue and Taxation. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-04-01** Referred to Standing Committee on Revenue and Taxation. `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/bdaa2998-70cd-4f47-9f26-77ed45f9b95d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).