republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20012002/ab-538.md

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Bill	Adoption.	Adoption.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20012002	AB 538	California AB 538 (20012002)	bill	Adoption.	enacted	Cardoza	9	26	6	2001-02-21	2001-09-27	openstates	ocd-bill/dcc80095-7e1f-45cb-8568-d97768761674	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB538	f9f0003f718955da131a1d5f0d1c1de5022dc059a4af787a6753f3958d032f7d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 538 (20012002) — Adoption.

Version chain

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

1. 02/21/01 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/16/01 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/24/01 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 05/31/01 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 07/18/01 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 08/22/01 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/27/01 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
8. AB538 (committee substitute) — source
9. 08/30/01 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · upper
• Special Consent #26 AB538 Cardoza — pass (pass) · upper
• Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — pass (pass) · lower
• AB 538 Cardoza Special Consent Calendar 2nd Day Regular Session — pass (pass) · lower
• AB 538 Cardoza Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — pass (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Cardoza — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2001-09-27 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 353, Statutes of 2001.
• 2001-09-26 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2001-09-07 Enrolled and to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
• 2001-08-30 Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 3308.) committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2001-08-28 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2001-08-27 Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2450.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2001-08-22 Read second time, amended, and to third reading. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2001-08-21 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and be amended. amendment-passage, committee-passage
• 2001-07-18 Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee, amendment-passage
• 2001-07-17 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
• 2001-06-25 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2001-05-31 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
• 2001-05-31 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 75. Noes 0. Page 1687.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2001-05-14 Read second time. To Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2001-05-10 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 9). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2001-04-25 Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. referral-committee
• 2001-04-24 Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2001-04-23 From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 17). amendment-introduction, referral-committee, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2001-04-17 Re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. referral-committee
• 2001-04-16 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Judiciary Read second time and amended. Joint Rule 62(a), file notice waived. (Page 1005.). reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage
• 2001-04-03 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2001-03-15 Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. 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; origin ocd-bill/dcc80095-7e1f-45cb-8568-d97768761674. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).