republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20012002/ab-2473.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Gift certificates: bankruptcy."
description: "Gift certificates: bankruptcy."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 2473"
citation: "California AB 2473 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Gift certificates: bankruptcy."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Simitian"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 23
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2002-02-21"
last_action: "2002-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5b7a0cc0-064a-482d-b136-47198c8e39f2"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2473"
source_hash: "1bf25130984ef889dd9eb263ffe6e6c2f6d22f06399d93fe2fb79e1a0420ea7b"
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 2473 (20012002) — Gift certificates: bankruptcy.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/21/02 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2473&version=20010AB247399INT)
2. **04/30/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2473&version=20010AB247398AMD)
3. **05/02/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2473&version=20010AB247397AMD)
4. **06/18/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2473&version=20010AB247396AMD)
5. **08/12/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2473&version=20010AB247395AMD)
6. **08/20/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2473&version=20010AB247394AMD)
7. **09/27/02 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2473&version=20010AB247392CHP)
8. **AB2473** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2473)
9. **08/28/02 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2473&version=20010AB247393ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 2473 Simitian Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB2473 Simitian By Sher — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 2473 Simitian Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Simitian — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 997, Statutes of 2002.
- **2002-09-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2002-09-16** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2002-08-28** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 8351.) `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.
- **2002-08-27** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 25. Noes 8. Page 5778.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-08-21** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-08-20** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-3`
- **2002-08-13** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-08-12** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-3`
- **2002-06-18** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2002-06-17** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 4. Noes 2.). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2002-05-23** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2002-05-14** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2002-05-13** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 6065.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-05-09** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-05-08** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (May 7). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2002-05-06** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. `referral-committee`
- **2002-05-02** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection Read second time and amended. `reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-04-30** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection Read second time and amended. `reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-03-21** Referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. `referral-committee`
- **2002-02-24** From printer. May be heard in committee March 26.
- **2002-02-21** 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/5b7a0cc0-064a-482d-b136-47198c8e39f2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).