republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20012002/ab-488.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Consumer credit reporting agencies: information: disclosure."
description: "Consumer credit reporting agencies: information: disclosure."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 488"
citation: "California AB 488 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Consumer credit reporting agencies: information: disclosure."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kehoe"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 24
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2001-02-21"
last_action: "2001-09-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/784aa751-9af7-4f4d-9921-cebd7a7e2cb7"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB488"
source_hash: "e89e44db480347a289177a4bfaac674c44fe094632ac26663869fd2aa97e4a3e"
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 488 (20012002) — Consumer credit reporting agencies: information: disclosure.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/21/01 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB488&version=20010AB48899INT)
2. **04/26/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB488&version=20010AB48898AMD)
3. **05/14/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB488&version=20010AB48897AMD)
4. **06/26/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB488&version=20010AB48896AMD)
5. **09/04/01 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB488&version=20010AB48894CHP)
6. **AB488** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB488)
7. **08/20/01 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB488&version=20010AB48895ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Business and Professions. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent #20 AB488 Kehoe — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 488 Kehoe Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 488 Kehoe Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kehoe — primary (person)
- Koretz — author (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-09-04** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 236, Statutes of 2001.
- **2001-09-01** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2001-08-23** Enrolled and to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2001-08-20** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 3068.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2001-07-23** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 25 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2001-07-21** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2171.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-07-16** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 2015.) Motion to reconsider made by Senator Burton. Reconsideration granted. (Page 2016.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-07-09** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-07-05** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2001-06-26** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-06-25** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2001-05-31** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2001-05-17** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2001-05-17** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 1683.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-05-15** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-05-14** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2001-05-10** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (May 8). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2001-05-01** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection Re-referred. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 30). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2001-05-01** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Banking and Finance. `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-26** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Banking and Finance Read second time and amended. `reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-04-23** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2001-03-21** Referred to Standing Committee on Banking and Finance and Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. `referral-committee`
- **2001-02-22** From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
- **2001-02-21** 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/784aa751-9af7-4f4d-9921-cebd7a7e2cb7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).