republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20012002/ab-2944.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Advertising: facsimile machines."
description: "Advertising: facsimile machines."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 2944"
citation: "California AB 2944 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Advertising: facsimile machines."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kehoe"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 28
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2002-02-25"
last_action: "2002-09-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b147e43a-7611-4975-85fa-ddd3f33d778d"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2944"
source_hash: "4beac0945da8acb6524d47cb66512f789ed341a384cb8e732515688a43aad1d6"
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 2944 (20012002) — Advertising: facsimile machines.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/25/02 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2944&version=20010AB294499INT)
2. **04/22/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2944&version=20010AB294498AMD)
3. **06/18/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2944&version=20010AB294497AMD)
4. **08/07/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2944&version=20010AB294496AMD)
5. **08/26/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2944&version=20010AB294495AMD)
6. **08/28/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2944&version=20010AB294494AMD)
7. **09/19/02 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2944&version=20010AB294492CHP)
8. **AB2944** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2944)
9. **09/17/02 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2944&version=20010AB294493ENR)

## Votes

- Assembly 3rd Reading AB2944 Kehoe By Bowen — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Senate amendments be concurred in. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Natural Resources. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 2944 Kehoe Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 2944 Kehoe Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kehoe — primary (person)
- Bowen — principal coauthor (person)
- Dunn — coauthor (person)
- John Campbell — coauthor (person)
- Koretz — coauthor (person)
- Lowenthal — coauthor (person)
- Morrow — coauthor (person)
- Nation — coauthor (person)
- O'Connell — coauthor (person)
- Shelley — principal coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-09-19** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 700, Statutes of 2002.
- **2002-09-19** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2002-09-18** Enrolled and to the Governor at 9:30 a.m.
- **2002-08-31** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 65. Noes 8. Page 8743.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2002-08-31** From committee: With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 6. Noes 3.) (August 31). `committee-passage`
- **2002-08-30** From Special Consent Calendar. To unfinished business file. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee`
- **2002-08-29** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
- **2002-08-29** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5924.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-08-27** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2002-08-27** Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. `referral-committee`
- **2002-08-26** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-08-07** Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-08-05** In committee: Set, second hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2002-06-27** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2002-06-18** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2002-06-17** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 7. Noes 0.). `amendment-introduction, referral-committee, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2002-05-23** Referred to Standing Committee on Energy, Utilities and Communications. `referral-committee`
- **2002-05-16** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2002-05-16** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 6172.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-05-13** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-05-09** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 8). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2002-04-25** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2002-04-22** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2002-04-18** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (April 15). `amendment-introduction, referral-committee, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2002-04-10** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Natural Resources Re-referred. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 8). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2002-03-14** Referred to Standing Committee on Utilities and Commerce. `referral-committee`
- **2002-02-26** From printer. May be heard in committee March 28.
- **2002-02-25** Joint Rule 54 (a) suspended. Assembly Rule 49(a) suspended. 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/b147e43a-7611-4975-85fa-ddd3f33d778d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).