republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20012002/ab-255.md

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Bill	Elder abuse.	Elder abuse.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20012002	AB 255	California AB 255 (20012002)	bill	Elder abuse.	enacted	Zettel	12	33	9	2001-02-14	2002-06-17	openstates	ocd-bill/4610997f-ba93-4a9d-9609-84bd133bdca2	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB255	02a0e8e1d621c09126d6379d9cf0aa8e038b5c7b444fcb87ebdfe1b574b27336	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 255 (20012002) — Elder abuse.

Version chain

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

1. 02/14/01 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/27/01 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/16/01 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 04/26/01 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 05/14/02 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 05/31/01 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
7. 06/17/02 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
8. 07/09/01 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
9. 08/27/01 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
10. 09/07/01 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
11. AB255 (committee substitute) — source
12. 05/30/02 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Public Safety Recommend Consent. — pass (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended. — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended. — pass (pass) · upper
• Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — pass (pass) · upper
• AB 255 Zettel Concurrence in Senate Amendments — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Aging and Long Term Care to Consent Calendar. — pass (pass) · lower
• SPECIAL CONSENT CALE AB255 Zettel — pass (pass) · upper
• AB 255 Zettel Assembly Third Reading — pass (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Zettel — primary (person)
• Jackson — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2002-06-17 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 54, Statutes of 2002.
• 2002-06-17 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2002-06-04 Enrolled and to the Governor at 12:30 p.m.
• 2002-05-30 Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 71. Noes 4. Page 6644.) committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2002-05-20 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after May 22 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2002-05-20 Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 4298.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2002-05-15 Read second time. To third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2002-05-14 From inactive file. To second reading. Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2001-09-10 To inactive file on motion of Senator Margett.
• 2001-09-07 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.). Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage
• 2001-08-27 In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage
• 2001-08-21 Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. referral-committee
• 2001-07-12 Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules. referral-committee
• 2001-07-11 From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Public Safety with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 7. 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 Judiciary. reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage
• 2001-07-02 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2001-06-12 Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary and Standing Committee on Public Safety. referral-committee
• 2001-06-05 In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. reading-1
• 2001-06-04 Read second time. To third reading. Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2086.) reading-2, reading-1, reading-3, passage
• 2001-05-31 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.)
• 2001-05-16 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. referral-committee
• 2001-05-01 Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. referral-committee
• 2001-04-26 Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2001-04-25 From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 17). amendment-introduction, referral-committee, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2001-04-17 Re-referred to Standing Committee on Aging and Long Term Care. referral-committee
• 2001-04-16 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Aging and Long Term Care Read second time and amended. reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage
• 2001-04-04 From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Aging and Long Term Care with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 3). committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2001-03-29 Re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. referral-committee
• 2001-03-27 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
• 2001-03-15 Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary and Standing Committee on Aging and Long Term Care. referral-committee
• 2001-02-15 From printer. May be heard in committee March 17.
• 2001-02-14 Read first time. To print. reading-1

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4610997f-ba93-4a9d-9609-84bd133bdca2. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).