republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20012002/ab-2055.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Attorney work product."
description: "Attorney work product."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 2055"
citation: "California AB 2055 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Attorney work product."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Robert Pacheco"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 30
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2002-02-19"
last_action: "2002-09-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bccf2c95-1542-47e6-90c6-552b6607d1da"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2055"
source_hash: "5a1687ea4b2151db88e485b7f0053d559563cdd872ea8d3055fe69102f7322ac"
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 2055 (20012002) — Attorney work product.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/19/02 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2055&version=20010AB205599INT)
2. **04/16/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2055&version=20010AB205598AMD)
3. **05/15/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2055&version=20010AB205597AMD)
4. **06/12/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2055&version=20010AB205596AMD)
5. **06/19/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2055&version=20010AB205595AMD)
6. **08/05/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2055&version=20010AB205594AMD)
7. **08/19/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2055&version=20010AB205593AMD)
8. **09/29/02 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2055&version=20010AB205591CHP)
9. **AB2055** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2055)
10. **08/28/02 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2055&version=20010AB205592ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent Cal AB2055 Robert Pache By McPherson — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 2055 Pacheco,Robert Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Judiciary. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 2055 Pacheco,Robert Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Robert Pacheco — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-09-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 1059, Statutes of 2002.
- **2002-09-29** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2002-09-11** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
- **2002-08-28** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 8383.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2002-08-27** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 29 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
- **2002-08-27** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5824.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-08-21** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules. `referral-committee`
- **2002-08-20** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-08-19** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-3`
- **2002-08-07** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-08-06** Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules Withdrawn from committee. Ordered placed on second reading file. `referral-committee`
- **2002-08-05** 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`
- **2002-06-27** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2002-06-19** 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`
- **2002-06-12** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2002-06-11** 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`
- **2002-05-29** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety and Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2002-05-21** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2002-05-20** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 6226.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-05-16** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-05-15** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2002-05-14** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (May 7). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2002-04-29** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety by unanimous consent. `referral-committee`
- **2002-04-23** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2002-04-22** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 5649.)
- **2002-04-17** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2002-04-16** 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`
- **2002-03-07** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary and Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2002-02-20** From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
- **2002-02-19** 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/bccf2c95-1542-47e6-90c6-552b6607d1da`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).