republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20012002/ab-217.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Batterer's treatment programs."
description: "Batterer's treatment programs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 217"
citation: "California AB 217 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Batterer's treatment programs."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pavley"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 25
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2001-02-09"
last_action: "2002-01-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8d35b002-6f5d-4eef-b10f-db72c3320107"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB217"
source_hash: "c8c2408f9e9a60c5bcf554baf848a5c99fd7bc5528ebea14ec5006a0d879157b"
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 217 (20012002) — Batterer's treatment programs.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/09/01 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB217&version=20010AB21799INT)
2. **01/07/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB217&version=20010AB21796AMD)
3. **01/24/02 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB217&version=20010AB21794CHP)
4. **04/05/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB217&version=20010AB21798AMD)
5. **05/22/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB217&version=20010AB21797AMD)
6. **AB217** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB217)
7. **01/18/02 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB217&version=20010AB21795ENR)

## Votes

- AB 217 Wesson Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB217 Wesson McPherson Urgency Clause — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 217 Wesson Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 217 Pavley Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB217 Pavley By McPherson Urgency Clause — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Pavley — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-01-24** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 2, Statutes of 2002.
- **2002-01-23** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2002-01-22** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2002-01-18** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 64. Noes 0. Page 4504.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2002-01-14** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after January 16 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2002-01-14** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. (Ayes 31. Noes 0. Page 3195.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-01-08** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-01-07** Action rescinded whereby the bill was read third time, urgency clause adopted, passed and to Assembly. Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-1, reading-3, passage, amendment-passage`
- **2001-06-06** In Senate. Held at Desk.
- **2001-06-06** Withdrawn from enrollment. Action rescinded whereby the Assembly concurred in Senate amendments and whereby the bill was ordered to enrollment. Ordered returned to Senate.
- **2001-05-31** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 68. Noes 0. Page 1941.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2001-05-29** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after May 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2001-05-29** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. (Ayes 32. Noes 2. Page 1239.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-05-22** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2001-05-21** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2001-05-01** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `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. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Senate. (Ayes 67. Noes 3. Page 1176.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-04-16** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-04-05** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2001-04-04** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (April 3). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2001-03-20** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2001-02-22** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2001-02-13** From printer. May be heard in committee March 15.
- **2001-02-09** 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/8d35b002-6f5d-4eef-b10f-db72c3320107`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).