republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20012002/ab-1956.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Video arcades.	Video arcades.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20012002	AB 1956	California AB 1956 (20012002)	bill	Video arcades.	enacted	Vargas	11	29	8	2002-02-14	2002-09-21	openstates	ocd-bill/af3a6188-1e1f-4eea-bf21-0a8aafd90c55	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1956	55442c70506b1d551b7b80ceb82d4e2f8e7d503038c0daf74ed62efbaccf3ce9	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 1956 (20012002) — Video arcades.

Version chain

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

1. 02/14/02 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/04/02 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/18/02 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 05/01/02 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 06/04/02 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 06/17/02 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 06/28/02 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
8. 08/14/02 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
9. 09/21/02 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
10. AB1956 (committee substitute) — source
11. 08/21/02 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Set, first hearing. Failed passage in Committee. Reconsideration granted. — pass (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Arts, Entertain, Sports, Tourism, & Internet Media — pass (pass) · lower
• AB 1956 Vargas Concurrence in Senate Amendments — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended. — fail (fail) · upper
• Do pass as amended. — pass (pass) · upper
• Assembly 3rd Reading AB1956 Vargas By Soto — pass (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended. — pass (pass) · lower
• AB 1956 Vargas Assembly Third Reading — pass (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Vargas — primary (person)
• Polanco — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2002-09-21 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 748, Statutes of 2002.
• 2002-09-20 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2002-08-29 Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.
• 2002-08-21 Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 59. Noes 14. Page 7854.) committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2002-08-19 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 21 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2002-08-19 Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 22. Noes 14. Page 5515.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2002-08-15 Read second time. To third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2002-08-14 Read third time, amended. To second reading. reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-3
• 2002-06-28 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2002-06-27 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2002-06-17 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage
• 2002-06-04 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage
• 2002-05-23 Referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. referral-committee
• 2002-05-16 In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. reading-1
• 2002-05-16 Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 47. Noes 16. Page 6156.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2002-05-13 Read second time. To third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2002-05-09 Withdrawn from committee. Ordered placed on second reading file.
• 2002-05-08 Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. referral-committee
• 2002-05-01 Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2002-04-30 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 10. Noes 4.) (April 25). amendment-introduction, referral-committee, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2002-04-24 From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Arts, Entertainment, Sports, Tourism, and Internet Media Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 1.) (April 23). committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2002-04-22 Re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 5649.). referral-committee
• 2002-04-18 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Judiciary Read second time and amended. reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage
• 2002-04-16 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2002-04-08 Re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. referral-committee
• 2002-04-04 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Judiciary Read second time and amended. reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage
• 2002-04-04 Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary and Standing Committee on Arts, Entertainment, Sports, Tourism, and Internet Media. referral-committee
• 2002-02-15 From printer. May be heard in committee March 17.
• 2002-02-14 Read first time. To print. reading-1

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/af3a6188-1e1f-4eea-bf21-0a8aafd90c55. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).