---
type: "Bill"
title: "Loans secured by real property."
description: "Loans secured by real property."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 344"
citation: "California AB 344 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Loans secured by real property."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Migden"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 22
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2001-02-16"
last_action: "2001-10-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aaf0b344-c392-47a6-94e5-5f563763bfea"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB344"
source_hash: "fb1778a2d2154031e4190edcd53dc3f7b22d063ab5ba919e2a8c66644f614c1f"
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 344 (20012002) — Loans secured by real property.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/16/01 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB344&version=20010AB34499INT)
2. **03/26/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB344&version=20010AB34498AMD)
3. **05/25/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB344&version=20010AB34497AMD)
4. **07/05/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB344&version=20010AB34496AMD)
5. **09/10/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB344&version=20010AB34495AMD)
6. **09/12/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB344&version=20010AB34494AMD)
7. **10/11/01 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB344&version=20010AB34492CHP)
8. **AB344** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB344)
9. **09/14/01 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB344&version=20010AB34493ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB344 Migden By Machado — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 344 Migden Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 344 Migden Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Migden — primary (person)
- Machado — principal coauthor (person)
- Murray — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-10-11** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 733, Statutes of 2001.
- **2001-10-10** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2001-10-02** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2001-09-14** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 53. Noes 18. Page 4010.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2001-09-14** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 21. Noes 11. Page 2961.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-09-13** Withdrawn from committee. Ordered placed on third reading file.
- **2001-09-12** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-09-10** From committee: Be placed on second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and be amended, but first amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Rules Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules. `reading-1, referral-committee, committee-passage, reading-2, amendment-passage`
- **2001-07-05** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2001-07-03** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 9. Noes 3.). `amendment-introduction, referral-committee, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2001-06-12** Referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2001-05-31** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2001-05-30** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 69. Noes 1. Page 1909.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-05-29** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-05-25** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2001-05-24** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 21. Noes 0.) (May 23). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2001-04-16** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 4). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2001-03-28** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2001-03-26** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Education Read second time and amended. `reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-03-05** Referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2001-02-20** From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
- **2001-02-16** 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/aaf0b344-c392-47a6-94e5-5f563763bfea`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).