republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20012002/ab-2928.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Counties."
description: "Counties."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 2928"
citation: "California AB 2928 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Counties."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Matthews"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 25
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2002-02-25"
last_action: "2002-09-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/798542e8-b1c8-4c6c-8082-169f397be091"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2928"
source_hash: "96d1d1ca88624dc181294fa94685b0e6d1cf396b8cbd240f7f3022e50ff37bee"
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 2928 (20012002) — Counties.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/25/02 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2928&version=20010AB292899INT)
2. **04/22/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2928&version=20010AB292898AMD)
3. **06/26/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2928&version=20010AB292897AMD)
4. **08/26/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2928&version=20010AB292896AMD)
5. **09/29/02 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2928&version=20010AB292894CHP)
6. **AB2928** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2928)
7. **08/30/02 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2928&version=20010AB292895ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB2928 Matthews By Torlakson — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 2928 Koretz Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Senate amendments be concurred in. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 2928 Matthews Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Matthews — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-09-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 1072, Statutes of 2002.
- **2002-09-29** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2002-09-16** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2002-08-30** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 8631.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2002-08-29** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Local Government pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. Joint Rule 62(a) suspended. From committee: With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 29). `referral-committee, committee-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 34. Noes 0. Page 5893.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-08-27** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-08-26** From inactive file. To second reading. Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2002-08-08** To inactive file on motion of Senator Figueroa.
- **2002-08-06** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-08-05** Withdrawn from committee. Ordered placed on second reading file.
- **2002-06-26** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2002-06-25** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 24). `amendment-introduction, referral-committee, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2002-05-29** Referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. `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 43. Noes 30. Page 6215.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-05-13** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-05-09** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 6.) (May 8). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2002-04-25** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (April 24). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2002-04-23** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Labor and Employment. `referral-committee`
- **2002-04-22** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Labor and Employment Read second time and amended. `reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-03-14** Referred to Standing Committee on Labor and Employment. `referral-committee`
- **2002-02-26** From printer. May be heard in committee March 28.
- **2002-02-25** Joint Rule 54 (a) suspended. 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/798542e8-b1c8-4c6c-8082-169f397be091`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).