---
type: "Bill"
title: "Sex offenders: registration update."
description: "Sex offenders: registration update."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 349"
citation: "California AB 349 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Sex offenders: registration update."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["La Suer"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 28
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2001-02-16"
last_action: "2001-10-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c4ffea11-5b10-4288-8f96-6fe6629c954c"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB349"
source_hash: "1aea49726b011b593f033c387da062cb9a2636fc8a5d20e8254ba3429b4b3b8a"
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 349 (20012002) — Sex offenders: registration update.

## 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=200120020AB349&version=20010AB34999INT)
2. **03/26/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB349&version=20010AB34998AMD)
3. **04/17/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB349&version=20010AB34997AMD)
4. **07/03/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB349&version=20010AB34996AMD)
5. **08/23/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB349&version=20010AB34995AMD)
6. **10/13/01 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB349&version=20010AB34993CHP)
7. **AB349** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB349)
8. **09/04/01 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB349&version=20010AB34994ENR)

## Votes

- Set, second hearing. Failed passage in Committee. Reconsideration granted. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Special Consent #27 AB349 La Suer — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 349 La Suer Special Consent Calendar 2nd Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **fail** (fail) · upper
- AB 349 La Suer Consent Calendar Second Day — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent #20 AB349 La Suer — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- La Suer — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-10-13** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 843, Statutes of 2001.
- **2001-10-12** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2001-09-19** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2:45 p.m.
- **2001-09-04** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3418.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2001-08-30** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 1 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
- **2001-08-30** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-08-27** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-08-23** Action rescinded whereby the bill was read third time, passed, and to Assembly. Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-1, reading-3, passage, amendment-passage`
- **2001-08-20** In Senate. Held at Desk.
- **2001-08-20** Ordered returned to Senate.
- **2001-07-23** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 25 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2001-07-21** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2171.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-07-16** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 2015.) Motion to reconsider made by Senator Burton. Reconsideration granted. (Page 2016.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-07-03** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2001-07-02** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2001-06-19** In committee: Set second hearing. Failed passage. Reconsideration granted.
- **2001-06-11** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2001-05-01** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-23** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2001-04-23** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 1179.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-04-18** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-04-17** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2001-04-16** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. (April 3). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2001-03-28** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2001-03-26** 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`
- **2001-03-05** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `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/c4ffea11-5b10-4288-8f96-6fe6629c954c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).