republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20012002/ab-2574.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Arbitration: conflicts of interest."
description: "Arbitration: conflicts of interest."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 2574"
citation: "California AB 2574 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Arbitration: conflicts of interest."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Harman"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 24
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2002-02-21"
last_action: "2002-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dd5f565d-f737-4280-a1e5-51b4caa34706"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2574"
source_hash: "e4140269918ab5715129d57fbe63281612e9fffec3d204d7f725d16d18de9c18"
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 2574 (20012002) — Arbitration: conflicts of interest.

## 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=200120020AB2574&version=20010AB257499INT)
2. **04/01/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2574&version=20010AB257498AMD)
3. **04/17/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2574&version=20010AB257497AMD)
4. **05/14/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2574&version=20010AB257496AMD)
5. **08/14/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2574&version=20010AB257495AMD)
6. **08/26/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2574&version=20010AB257494AMD)
7. **09/27/02 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2574&version=20010AB257492CHP)
8. **AB2574** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2574)
9. **08/29/02 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2574&version=20010AB257493ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 2574 Harman Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 2574 Harman Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB2574 Harman By Kuehl — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Harman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 952, Statutes of 2002.
- **2002-09-26** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2002-09-13** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2002-08-29** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 8519.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2002-08-28** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2002-08-28** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 30. Noes 2. Page 5874.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-08-26** Withdrawn from committee. Ordered placed on third reading file.
- **2002-08-26** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-08-21** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules. `referral-committee`
- **2002-08-14** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2002-08-13** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2002-05-23** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2002-05-16** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2002-05-16** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 1. Page 6153.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-05-15** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-05-14** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2002-05-13** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (April 23). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2002-04-22** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `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`
- **2002-04-02** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2002-04-01** 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 Arts, Entertainment, Sports, Tourism, and Internet Media. `referral-committee`
- **2002-02-22** From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
- **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/dd5f565d-f737-4280-a1e5-51b4caa34706`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).