---
type: "Bill"
title: "Escrow agents."
description: "Escrow agents."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 544"
citation: "California AB 544 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Escrow agents."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Maldonado"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2001-02-21"
last_action: "2001-10-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/abf2ac0d-f6b8-4255-b5dc-9cf64c9fbf08"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB544"
source_hash: "4d33e32d7c8644e8f24c3b872f4e9dfbd80c4cb623c22e255de6102c3654715a"
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 544 (20012002) — Escrow agents.

## 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=200120020AB544&version=20010AB54499INT)
2. **09/04/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB544&version=20010AB54498AMD)
3. **10/10/01 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB544&version=20010AB54496CHP)
4. **AB544** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB544)
5. **09/26/01 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB544&version=20010AB54497ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 544 Maldonado Consent Calendar Second Day — **pass** (pass) · lower
- SPECIAL CONSENT CALE AB544 Maldonado By O'Connell — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 544 Maldonado Special Consent Calendar 2nd Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Maldonado — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-10-10** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 662, Statutes of 2001.
- **2001-10-09** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2001-09-28** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
- **2001-09-27** (Corrected September 26. )
- **2001-09-13** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 3835.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2001-09-06** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 8 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
- **2001-09-06** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2648.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-09-05** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-09-04** From inactive file. To second reading. Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2001-06-26** Read second time. To third reading. To inactive file on motion of Senator O'Connell. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-06-25** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2001-05-15** Referred to Com. on B., C. & I. T. `referral-committee`
- **2001-05-08** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2001-05-07** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1463.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-05-02** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-05-01** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (April 30). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2001-03-08** Referred to Standing Committee on Banking and Finance. `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/abf2ac0d-f6b8-4255-b5dc-9cf64c9fbf08`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).