---
type: "Bill"
title: "Franchise Tax Board: debt collection program."
description: "Franchise Tax Board: debt collection program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 2388"
citation: "California AB 2388 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Franchise Tax Board: debt collection program."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["La Suer"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 21
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2002-02-21"
last_action: "2002-09-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b1fadd50-7e94-4834-b93d-5b596d74c476"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2388"
source_hash: "8c18e49c607f431ce1fecd8f150f029824e20f8c6573c8f16451188a61a9662a"
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 2388 (20012002) — Franchise Tax Board: debt collection program.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/21/02 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2388&version=20010AB238899INT)
2. **09/21/02 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2388&version=20010AB238897CHP)
3. **AB2388** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2388)
4. **08/27/02 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2388&version=20010AB238898ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent Cal AB2388 La Suer — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 2388 La Suer Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 2388 La Suer Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- La Suer — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-09-21** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 776, Statutes of 2002.
- **2002-09-20** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2002-09-06** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2002-08-27** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2002-08-27** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5823.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-08-26** Withdrawn from committee. Ordered placed on third reading file.
- **2002-08-21** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules. `referral-committee`
- **2002-08-19** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-08-15** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2002-08-08** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2002-07-01** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2002-06-24** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2002-05-16** Referred to Standing Committee on Revenue and Taxation. `referral-committee`
- **2002-05-09** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2002-05-09** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 6006.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-05-06** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-05-02** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 1). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2002-04-23** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 22). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2002-03-11** Referred to Standing Committee on Revenue and Taxation. `referral-committee`
- **2002-02-24** From printer. May be heard in committee March 26.
- **2002-02-21** Assembly Rule 49(a) suspended. 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/b1fadd50-7e94-4834-b93d-5b596d74c476`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).