republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20012002/ab-2499.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal procedure."
description: "Criminal procedure."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 2499"
citation: "California AB 2499 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Criminal procedure."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Frommer"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 28
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2002-02-21"
last_action: "2002-09-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b4db848e-0098-4a8e-857b-61890ebc1139"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2499"
source_hash: "90df69e180e35732dee719a73fb4555996708d3a04d5368ac57ca5fd6e1054be"
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 2499 (20012002) — Criminal procedure.

## 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=200120020AB2499&version=20010AB249999INT)
2. **04/18/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2499&version=20010AB249998AMD)
3. **05/23/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2499&version=20010AB249997AMD)
4. **06/27/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2499&version=20010AB249996AMD)
5. **08/13/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2499&version=20010AB249995AMD)
6. **09/24/02 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2499&version=20010AB249993CHP)
7. **AB2499** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2499)
8. **08/21/02 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2499&version=20010AB249994ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Set, first hearing. Failed passage in Committee. Reconsideration granted. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **fail** (fail) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 2499 Frommer Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB2499 Frommer By McPherson — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 2499 Frommer Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Frommer — primary (person)
- Matthews — author (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-09-24** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 828, Statutes of 2002.
- **2002-09-23** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2002-08-29** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2002-08-21** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 7857.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2002-08-19** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 21 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2002-08-19** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 5504.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-08-14** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-08-13** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-3`
- **2002-08-08** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-08-07** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2002-07-01** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2002-06-27** 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`
- **2002-06-25** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2002-06-18** In committee: Set first hearing. Failed passage. Reconsideration granted.
- **2002-06-12** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `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 75. Noes 1. Page 6431.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-05-24** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-05-23** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 24. Noes 0.) (May 22). Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-05-09** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2002-05-01** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2002-04-24** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2002-04-18** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2002-04-17** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 16). `amendment-introduction, referral-committee, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2002-04-02** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2002-03-07** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2002-02-24** From printer. May be heard in committee March 26.
- **2002-02-21** Assembly Rule 49(a) suspended. 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/b4db848e-0098-4a8e-857b-61890ebc1139`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).