republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20012002/ab-1797.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Conflicts of interest: disqualification."
description: "Conflicts of interest: disqualification."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 1797"
citation: "California AB 1797 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Conflicts of interest: disqualification."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Harman"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 26
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2002-01-15"
last_action: "2002-08-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fb406d8c-8368-497d-a7b4-99c2da68b4aa"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1797"
source_hash: "8d789645028e40885744a64f4a8c63298b513929ed68e7220d3e41b24b243b31"
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 1797 (20012002) — Conflicts of interest: disqualification.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/15/02 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1797&version=20010AB179799INT)
2. **03/13/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1797&version=20010AB179798AMD)
3. **04/15/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1797&version=20010AB179797AMD)
4. **04/23/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1797&version=20010AB179796AMD)
5. **05/13/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1797&version=20010AB179795AMD)
6. **08/26/02 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1797&version=20010AB179793CHP)
7. **AB1797** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1797)
8. **08/12/02 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1797&version=20010AB179794ENR)

## Votes

- Assembly 3rd Reading AB1797 Harman By Johnson — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1797 Harman Consent Calendar Second Day — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Harman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-08-26** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 233, Statutes of 2002.
- **2002-08-24** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2002-08-16** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2002-08-12** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2002-08-12** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 28. Noes 8. Page 5358.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-08-07** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-08-06** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2002-06-20** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (June 20). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2002-06-04** Referred to Standing Committee on Elections and Redistricting. `referral-committee`
- **2002-05-28** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2002-05-28** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 6454.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-05-14** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-05-13** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2002-05-09** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. (May 8). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2002-04-25** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2002-04-23** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2002-04-22** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (April 16). `amendment-introduction, referral-committee, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2002-04-16** Re-referred to Com. on E.,R. & C.A. `referral-committee`
- **2002-04-15** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on E.,R. & C.A. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-04-01** In committee: Set, second hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2002-03-14** Re-referred to Com. on E.,R. & C.A. `referral-committee`
- **2002-03-13** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on E.,R. & C.A. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-02-28** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2002-01-24** Referred to Com. on E.,R. & C.A. `referral-committee`
- **2002-01-16** From printer. May be heard in committee February 15.
- **2002-01-15** 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/fb406d8c-8368-497d-a7b4-99c2da68b4aa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).