---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public beaches: survey."
description: "Public beaches: survey."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 1946"
citation: "California AB 1946 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public beaches: survey."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wayne"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2000-02-15"
last_action: "2000-07-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dd7a1c82-15b0-4dc8-9629-7e7602a6cdc7"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1946"
source_hash: "3e37ea1385d8b158d9b7914c8889bef0a7ba9690d14e6b651f8bce3156ecec42"
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 1946 (19992000) — Public beaches: survey.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/15/00 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1946&version=19990AB194699INT)
2. **04/24/00 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1946&version=19990AB194698AMD)
3. **07/21/00 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1946&version=19990AB194696CHP)
4. **AB1946** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1946)
5. **07/06/00 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1946&version=19990AB194697ENR)

## Votes

- SPECIAL CONSENT CALE AB1946 Wayne — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Information Technology. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- CONSENT CALENDAR SECOND DAY — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Wayne — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2000-07-21** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 152, Statutes of 2000.
- **2000-07-21** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2000-07-10** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2000-07-06** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2000-07-06** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5498.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-06-28** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-06-27** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2000-06-15** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2000-06-06** Referred to Com. on H. & H.S. `referral-committee`
- **2000-05-25** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2000-05-25** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 6588.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-05-22** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-05-18** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 17). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2000-05-01** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations by unanimous consent. `referral-committee`
- **2000-04-25** Re-referred to Com. on INFO. TECH. `referral-committee`
- **2000-04-24** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on INFO. TECH. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-03-28** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on INFO. TECH. Re-referred. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (March 27). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2000-02-28** Referred to Standing Committee on Natural Resources and INFO. TECH. `referral-committee`
- **2000-02-16** From printer. May be heard in committee March 17.
- **2000-02-15** 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/dd7a1c82-15b0-4dc8-9629-7e7602a6cdc7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).