republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20012002/ab-1838.md

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Bill	Weapons of mass destruction.	Weapons of mass destruction.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20012002	AB 1838	California AB 1838 (20012002)	bill	Weapons of mass destruction.	enacted	Hertzberg	8	23	8	2002-01-24	2002-09-17	openstates	ocd-bill/b0390a95-0d98-44fb-b057-6352f5f1a705	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1838	cd610fa510bd45964573c858e549ebd4dfd141c158568a5915e0a2c55c169779	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 1838 (20012002) — Weapons of mass destruction.

Version chain

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

1. 01/24/02 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/07/02 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 06/25/02 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 08/05/02 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/15/02 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/17/02 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
7. AB1838 (committee substitute) — source
8. 08/28/02 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — pass (pass) · lower
• SPECIAL CONSENT CALE AB1838 Hertzberg By Alarcon — pass (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — pass (pass) · upper
• AB 1838 Hertzberg Assembly Third Reading — pass (pass) · lower
• Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — pass (pass) · upper
• AB 1838 Hertzberg Concurrence in Senate Amendments — pass (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Hertzberg — primary (person)
• Alquist — coauthor (person)
• Bates — coauthor (person)
• Bill Campbell — coauthor (person)
• Chavez — coauthor (person)
• Cogdill — principal coauthor (person)
• Diaz — coauthor (person)
• Harman — coauthor (person)
• Longville — coauthor (person)
• Matthews — coauthor (person)
• Nakano — coauthor (person)
• Robert Pacheco — coauthor (person)
• Salinas — coauthor (person)
• Scott — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2002-09-17 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 606, Statutes of 2002.
• 2002-09-16 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2002-09-11 Enrolled and to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
• 2002-08-28 Assembly Rule 77 suspended. Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 8381.) committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2002-08-27 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 29 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
• 2002-08-27 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5827.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2002-08-22 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.). Read second time. To third reading. reading-2, committee-passage-favorable, reading-1, committee-passage
• 2002-08-15 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
• 2002-08-05 In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
• 2002-08-05 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
• 2002-06-25 Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee, amendment-passage
• 2002-06-24 From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 4. Noes 0.). amendment-introduction, referral-committee, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2002-05-30 Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. referral-committee
• 2002-05-24 In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. reading-1
• 2002-05-23 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Senate. (Ayes 71. Noes 0. Page 6326.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2002-05-23 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 24. Noes 0.) (May 22). Read second time. To third reading. reading-2, committee-passage-favorable, reading-1, committee-passage
• 2002-04-10 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. referral-committee
• 2002-03-12 From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (March 12). committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2002-03-11 Re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. referral-committee
• 2002-03-07 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
• 2002-02-04 Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. referral-committee
• 2002-01-25 From printer. May be heard in committee February 24.
• 2002-01-24 Read first time. To print. reading-1

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b0390a95-0d98-44fb-b057-6352f5f1a705. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).