republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20012002/ab-1868.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Controlled substances: nuisance abatement."
description: "Controlled substances: nuisance abatement."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 1868"
citation: "California AB 1868 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Controlled substances: nuisance abatement."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Koretz"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 25
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2002-01-31"
last_action: "2002-09-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/befa552b-af61-4cef-bc4e-60b751f924a2"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1868"
source_hash: "d489f3aaa6540f9b906af39f6e6b73e530c48fdc747877b561b372e20b67d2a8"
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 1868 (20012002) — Controlled substances: nuisance abatement.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/31/02 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1868&version=20010AB186899INT)
2. **04/17/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1868&version=20010AB186898AMD)
3. **05/01/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1868&version=20010AB186897AMD)
4. **06/10/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1868&version=20010AB186896AMD)
5. **08/06/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1868&version=20010AB186895AMD)
6. **08/21/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1868&version=20010AB186894AMD)
7. **09/29/02 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1868&version=20010AB186892CHP)
8. **AB1868** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1868)
9. **08/24/02 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1868&version=20010AB186893ENR)

## Votes

- Assembly 3rd Reading AB1868 Koretz By Kuehl — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1868 Koretz Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1868 Koretz Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Judiciary. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Koretz — primary (person)
- Kehoe — coauthor (person)
- Longville — coauthor (person)
- Lowenthal — coauthor (person)
- Shelley — principal coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-09-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 1057, Statutes of 2002.
- **2002-09-29** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2002-09-04** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2002-08-24** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 53. Noes 25. Page 8008.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2002-08-22** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 24 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2002-08-22** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 24. Noes 9. Page 5633.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-08-21** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2002-08-20** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and be amended. `amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2002-08-14** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2002-08-08** Joint Rule 61(b)(12) suspended. (Page 5330.)
- **2002-08-06** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2002-08-05** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Judiciary (Ayes 5. Noes 0.). `amendment-introduction, referral-committee, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2002-06-10** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-06-04** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety and Standing Committee on Judiciary. `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 53. Noes 26. Page 6514.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-05-23** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 19. Noes 4.) (May 22). Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, committee-passage-favorable, reading-1, committee-passage`
- **2002-05-08** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2002-05-01** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2002-04-30** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 23). `amendment-introduction, referral-committee, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2002-04-22** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 5649.). `referral-committee`
- **2002-04-17** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Judiciary Read second time and amended. `reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-02-07** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2002-02-01** From printer. May be heard in committee March 3.
- **2002-01-31** 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/befa552b-af61-4cef-bc4e-60b751f924a2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).