---
type: "Bill"
title: "Federal bankruptcy: applicable exemptions."
description: "Federal bankruptcy: applicable exemptions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 1704"
citation: "California AB 1704 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Federal bankruptcy: applicable exemptions."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Judiciary"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 17
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2001-03-06"
last_action: "2001-07-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3021ce72-302a-4a29-8a07-d63fef25e8f6"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1704"
source_hash: "a9931f4fd8593a36bf437cf9f5d0bbc2c1848fa45f1bd67a03419f78bef9f07d"
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 1704 (20012002) — Federal bankruptcy: applicable exemptions.

## Version chain

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

1. **03/06/01 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1704&version=20010AB170499INT)
2. **04/16/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1704&version=20010AB170498AMD)
3. **07/05/01 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1704&version=20010AB170496CHP)
4. **AB1704** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1704)
5. **06/21/01 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1704&version=20010AB170497ENR)

## Votes

- AB 1704 JUD. Consent Calendar Second Day — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be placed on the Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar 2nd AB1704 Committee on Jud. (Steinberg) — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Committee on Judiciary — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-07-05** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 42, Statutes of 2001.
- **2001-07-04** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2001-06-22** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2001-06-21** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2001-06-21** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 1649.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-06-14** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-06-13** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2001-05-01** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `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 1180.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-04-18** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-04-17** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (April 17). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2001-04-17** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-16** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Judiciary Read second time and amended. Joint Rule 62(a), file notice waived. (Page 1005.). `reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-03-21** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2001-03-07** From printer. May be heard in committee April 6.
- **2001-03-06** 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/3021ce72-302a-4a29-8a07-d63fef25e8f6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).