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Bill	Independent expenditure committees.	Independent expenditure committees.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20012002	AB 2	California AB 2 (20012002)	bill	Independent expenditure committees.	enacted	Alquist	8	30	7	2000-12-04	2001-10-14	openstates	ocd-bill/073e2821-45b0-4f70-ad58-648ba8810e29	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2	233d0171a3418b10f353133b6173cf59080d51b1b2ea54d6d0f21ebfca646ebe	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 2 (20012002) — Independent expenditure committees.

Version chain

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

1. 12/04/00 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/18/01 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 05/14/01 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 05/24/01 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 07/09/01 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 10/14/01 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
7. AB2 (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/10/01 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · upper
• Assembly 3rd Reading AB2 Alquist By Polanco — pass (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · lower
• AB2 Alquist Concurrence in Senate Amendments — pass (pass) · lower
• AB2 Alquist Assembly Third Reading — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — pass (pass) · lower
• Senate amendments be concurred in. — pass (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Alquist — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2001-10-14 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 901, Statutes of 2001.
• 2001-10-14 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2001-09-24 Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.
• 2001-09-10 Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 63. Noes 14. Page 3611.) committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2001-09-06 From committee: With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (September 6). committee-passage
• 2001-09-05 Joint Rule 62(a), file notice waived.
• 2001-08-30 Re-referred to Com. on E.,R. & C.A. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. referral-committee
• 2001-08-28 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2001-08-27 Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2437.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2001-08-22 Read second time. To third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2001-08-21 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage
• 2001-07-12 From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.). committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2001-07-09 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Elections and Redistricting. reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage
• 2001-06-14 Referred to Standing Committee on Elections and Redistricting. referral-committee
• 2001-06-07 In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. reading-1
• 2001-06-06 Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 58. Noes 15. Page 2245.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2001-05-31 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (May 30). Read second time. To third reading. reading-2, committee-passage-favorable, reading-1, committee-passage
• 2001-05-30 Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. referral-committee
• 2001-05-29 Joint Rule 62(a), file notice waived. (Page 1856.)
• 2001-05-24 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Read second time and amended. reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage
• 2001-05-23 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2001-05-15 Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. referral-committee
• 2001-05-14 Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2001-05-10 From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 8. Noes 4.) (May 7). amendment-introduction, referral-committee, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2001-04-24 Re-referred to Com. on E.,R. & C.A. referral-committee
• 2001-04-23 Joint Rule 61(a)(2) suspended. (Page 1182.)
• 2001-04-18 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on E.,R. & C.A. Read second time and amended. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage
• 2001-04-16 Referred to Com. on E.,R. & C.A. referral-committee
• 2000-12-05 From printer. May be heard in committee January 4.
• 2000-12-04 Read first time. To print. reading-1

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/073e2821-45b0-4f70-ad58-648ba8810e29. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).