---
type: "Bill"
title: "Pest control: vertebrate pests."
description: "Pest control: vertebrate pests."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 2071"
citation: "California AB 2071 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Pest control: vertebrate pests."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Briggs"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2000-02-22"
last_action: "2000-09-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/017c3743-ce42-412e-b702-0f1a01459e64"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2071"
source_hash: "b9181aa7da581a1100abe53c634f6dd6e472afaf7831b7839db29a045fcdfe91"
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 2071 (19992000) — Pest control: vertebrate pests.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/22/00 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2071&version=19990AB207199INT)
2. **04/04/00 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2071&version=19990AB207198AMD)
3. **08/10/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2071&version=19990AB207197AMD)
4. **09/08/00 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2071&version=19990AB207195CHP)
5. **AB2071** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2071)
6. **08/25/00 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2071&version=19990AB207196ENR)

## Votes

- Assembly 3rd Reading AB2071 Briggs By Poochigian — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- CONSENT CALENDAR SECOND DAY — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 2071 BRIGGS CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Briggs — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2000-09-08** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 338, Statutes of 2000.
- **2000-09-06** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2000-09-06** Enrolled and to the Governor at 10 a.m.
- **2000-08-25** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 71. Noes 6. Page 8295.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2000-08-24** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 26 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. Assembly Rule 77 suspended.
- **2000-08-24** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 30. Noes 2. Page 5962.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-08-10** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-08-09** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2000-06-27** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2000-06-06** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 9. Noes 2.). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2000-05-16** Referred to Com. on AGR. & WAT. RES. `referral-committee`
- **2000-05-04** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2000-05-04** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 67. Noes 0. Page 6186.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-05-01** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-04-27** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (April 26). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2000-04-10** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2000-04-04** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-04-03** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (March 29). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2000-03-02** Referred to Standing Committee on Agriculture. `referral-committee`
- **2000-02-23** From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
- **2000-02-22** 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/017c3743-ce42-412e-b702-0f1a01459e64`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).