---
type: "Bill"
title: "State employees: precinct board members."
description: "State employees: precinct board members."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 492"
citation: "California AB 492 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State employees: precinct board members."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Oropeza"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 20
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2001-02-21"
last_action: "2001-10-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/efc051d1-bae2-4e35-9630-843cdd408256"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB492"
source_hash: "4c5d817439fe442f7601b40412e88365437ec70d28db2df6dba0674ca0d0b711"
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 492 (20012002) — State employees: precinct board members.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/21/01 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB492&version=20010AB49299INT)
2. **05/14/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB492&version=20010AB49298AMD)
3. **07/05/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB492&version=20010AB49297AMD)
4. **07/12/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB492&version=20010AB49296AMD)
5. **10/13/01 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB492&version=20010AB49294CHP)
6. **AB492** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB492)
7. **09/12/01 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB492&version=20010AB49295ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 492 Oropeza Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB492 Oropeza By Polanco — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 492 Oropeza Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Oropeza — primary (person)
- Aroner — coauthor (person)
- Calderon — coauthor (person)
- Cardenas — coauthor (person)
- Chan — coauthor (person)
- Chavez — coauthor (person)
- Diaz — coauthor (person)
- Firebaugh — coauthor (person)
- Frommer — coauthor (person)
- Goldberg — coauthor (person)
- Karnette — coauthor (person)
- Murray — coauthor (person)
- Negrete McLeod — coauthor (person)
- Pavley — coauthor (person)
- Salinas — coauthor (person)
- Steinberg — coauthor (person)
- Washington — coauthor (person)
- Wesson — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-10-13** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 780, Statutes of 2001.
- **2001-10-12** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2001-09-25** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2001-09-12** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 47. Noes 29. Page 3761.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2001-09-10** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 12 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2001-09-10** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 25. Noes 14. Page 2750.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-07-12** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2001-07-11** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 8. Noes 4.). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2001-07-05** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-06-26** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 3. Noes 1.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2001-05-31** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Employment and Retirement. `referral-committee`
- **2001-05-17** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2001-05-17** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 42. Noes 28. Page 1668.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-05-15** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-05-14** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2001-05-10** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 13. Noes 6.) (May 9). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2001-04-18** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (April 18). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2001-03-12** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Employees, Retirement and Social Security. `referral-committee`
- **2001-02-22** From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
- **2001-02-21** 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/efc051d1-bae2-4e35-9630-843cdd408256`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).