republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20012002/ab-2953.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Veterans' homes: renovation."
description: "Veterans' homes: renovation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 2953"
citation: "California AB 2953 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Veterans' homes: renovation."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wiggins"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 21
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2002-02-25"
last_action: "2002-08-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/105c608d-ac7d-4a5c-aebf-7ee9e0491443"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2953"
source_hash: "54971e05591cc3da639536595169681db94a122c7bf1a90201a7cde86ed653c9"
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 2953 (20012002) — Veterans' homes: renovation.

## 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=200120020AB2953&version=20010AB295399INT)
2. **04/30/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2953&version=20010AB295398AMD)
3. **05/23/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2953&version=20010AB295397AMD)
4. **06/17/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2953&version=20010AB295396AMD)
5. **08/14/02 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2953&version=20010AB295394CHP)
6. **AB2953** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2953)
7. **08/01/02 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2953&version=20010AB295395ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 2953 Wiggins Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 2953 Wiggins Concurrence- Urgency Added — **pass** (pass) · lower
- W/O REF. TO FILE AB2953 Wiggins — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Wiggins — primary (person)
- Chesbro — principal coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-08-14** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 218, Statutes of 2002.
- **2002-08-14** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2002-08-08** Enrolled and to the Governor at 10:30 a.m.
- **2002-08-01** Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 61. Noes 0. Page 7388.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2002-06-30** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 1 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2002-06-29** Withdrawn from committee. Ordered placed on third reading file. Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. (Ayes 30. Noes 0. Page 5117.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-06-19** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2002-06-17** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Veterans Affairs. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-06-10** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2002-06-04** Referred to Standing Committee on Veterans Affairs. `referral-committee`
- **2002-05-30** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2002-05-29** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 6562.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-05-24** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-05-23** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 22. Noes 1.) (May 22). Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-05-15** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2002-05-07** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2002-04-30** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2002-04-29** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (April 23). `amendment-introduction, referral-committee, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2002-03-14** Referred to Com. on V. A. `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/105c608d-ac7d-4a5c-aebf-7ee9e0491443`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).