republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20012002/ab-227.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Unclaimed property: escheat."
description: "Unclaimed property: escheat."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 227"
citation: "California AB 227 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Unclaimed property: escheat."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dutra"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 38
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2001-02-13"
last_action: "2002-04-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1f6cca6d-ad8a-4623-ad81-12fba17f2ac1"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB227"
source_hash: "96b376c8ebda14da862c08e0639076b792f1c4b2b606ac51226824f0ed8a512a"
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 227 (20012002) — Unclaimed property: escheat.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/13/01 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB227&version=20010AB22799INT)
2. **01/14/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB227&version=20010AB22796AMD)
3. **03/11/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB227&version=20010AB22795AMD)
4. **03/21/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB227&version=20010AB22794AMD)
5. **03/29/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB227&version=20010AB22798AMD)
6. **04/17/02 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB227&version=20010AB22792CHP)
7. **06/04/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB227&version=20010AB22797AMD)
8. **AB227** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB227)
9. **04/11/02 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB227&version=20010AB22793ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 227 Dutra Concurrence- Urgency Added — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 227 Dutra Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB227 Dutra Peace — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Senate amendments be concurred in. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB227 Dutra By Peace — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dutra — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-04-17** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 22, Statutes of 2002.
- **2002-04-17** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2002-04-11** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2002-04-11** Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 5446.) (Corrected April 10. ) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2002-04-09** From committee: With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (April 9). `committee-passage`
- **2002-04-04** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after April 6 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee`
- **2002-04-04** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 1. Page 3661.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-04-01** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-03-21** Action rescinded whereby urgency clause was adopted, bill read third time, passed, and to Assembly. Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-1, reading-3, passage, amendment-passage`
- **2002-03-18** In Senate. Held at Desk.
- **2002-03-18** Ordered returned to Senate.
- **2002-03-14** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after March 16 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2002-03-14** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 1. Page 3541.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-03-12** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-03-11** From inactive file. Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2002-02-12** To inactive file on motion of Senator Alpert.
- **2002-02-05** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-02-04** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (February 4). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2002-01-28** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations pursuant to Joint Rule 10.5. `referral-committee`
- **2002-01-24** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-01-23** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (January 22). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2002-01-17** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2002-01-15** Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules. `referral-committee`
- **2002-01-14** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Transportation. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-07-02** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2001-06-14** Referred to Standing Committee on Transportation. `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 77. Noes 0. Page 2257.) (Corrected June 5. ) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-06-05** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-06-04** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 21. Noes 0.) (May 31). Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-05-29** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice waived. (Page 1856.)
- **2001-04-18** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-04** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2001-03-29** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2001-03-28** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (March 19). `amendment-introduction, referral-committee, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2001-02-16** Referred to Standing Committee on Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **2001-02-14** From printer. May be heard in committee March 16.
- **2001-02-13** 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/1f6cca6d-ad8a-4623-ad81-12fba17f2ac1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).