republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20012002/ab-2244.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Prepaid calling cards and services."
description: "Prepaid calling cards and services."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 2244"
citation: "California AB 2244 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Prepaid calling cards and services."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wayne"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 20
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2002-02-20"
last_action: "2002-09-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/228d9da4-9aba-46f0-914a-8bc39e64d2db"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2244"
source_hash: "db07e9fee564d5200e4048f9bc68a0bf7cfb80b974d7adf21c9e0e4c6395f0dc"
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 2244 (20012002) — Prepaid calling cards and services.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/20/02 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2244&version=20010AB224499INT)
2. **04/29/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2244&version=20010AB224498AMD)
3. **05/13/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2244&version=20010AB224497AMD)
4. **06/29/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2244&version=20010AB224496AMD)
5. **09/22/02 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2244&version=20010AB224494CHP)
6. **AB2244** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2244)
7. **08/19/02 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2244&version=20010AB224495ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 2244 Wayne Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB2244 Wayne By Bowen — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Energy, Utilities, and Communications Recommend Consent. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 2244 Wayne Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Wayne — primary (person)
- Cedillo — coauthor (person)
- Chavez — coauthor (person)
- Chu — coauthor (person)
- Correa — author (person)
- Diaz — coauthor (person)
- Figueroa — principal coauthor (person)
- Koretz — coauthor (person)
- Ortiz — coauthor (person)
- Romero — coauthor (person)
- Salinas — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-09-22** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 778, Statutes of 2002.
- **2002-09-21** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2002-08-23** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2002-08-19** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 60. Noes 16. Page 7724.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2002-08-15** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 17 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2002-08-14** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 26. Noes 9. Page 5411.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-06-29** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2002-06-28** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 1.). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2002-06-11** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Energy, Utilities and Communications with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2002-05-30** Referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection and Standing Committee on Energy, Utilities and Communications. `referral-committee`
- **2002-05-21** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2002-05-20** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 60. Noes 12. Page 6219.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-05-14** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-05-13** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2002-05-09** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 8. Noes 1.) (May 7). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2002-05-01** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. `referral-committee`
- **2002-04-29** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection Read second time and amended. `reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-02-28** Referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. `referral-committee`
- **2002-02-21** From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
- **2002-02-20** 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/228d9da4-9aba-46f0-914a-8bc39e64d2db`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).