---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Mining and Geology Board."
description: "State Mining and Geology Board."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 2254"
citation: "California AB 2254 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State Mining and Geology Board."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gallegos"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 25
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2000-02-24"
last_action: "2000-09-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/56d25744-eadc-4a1f-86dd-17c2e3bca52f"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2254"
source_hash: "4cb6805283caa8af19aadb5f59dd5f599b27b82fa13bb0c1a09c69bbc23e00d1"
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 2254 (19992000) — State Mining and Geology Board.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/24/00 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2254&version=19990AB225499INT)
2. **04/04/00 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2254&version=19990AB225498AMD)
3. **04/26/00 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2254&version=19990AB225497AMD)
4. **08/07/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2254&version=19990AB225496AMD)
5. **08/14/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2254&version=19990AB225495AMD)
6. **08/22/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2254&version=19990AB225494AMD)
7. **09/19/00 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2254&version=19990AB225492CHP)
8. **AB2254** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2254)
9. **08/25/00 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2254&version=19990AB225493ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 2254 GALLEGOS CONCURRENCE — **fail** (fail) · lower
- AB 2254 GALLEGOS THIRD READING — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Set, first hearing. Failed passage in Committee. Reconsideration granted. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **fail** (fail) · upper
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB2254 Gallegos By Solis — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Gallegos — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2000-09-19** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 514, Statutes of 2000.
- **2000-09-17** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2000-09-07** Enrolled and to the Governor at 9:30 a.m.
- **2000-08-25** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 45. Noes 28. Page 8359.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2000-08-25** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. Assembly Rule 77 suspended.
- **2000-08-25** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 21. Noes 12. Page 5990.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-08-22** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and be amended. Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-08-14** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2000-08-10** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 6. Noes 1.). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2000-08-07** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Natural Resources And Water. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2000-07-06** Joint Rule 61 (b)(12) suspended.
- **2000-06-28** In committee: Set first hearing. Failed passage. Reconsideration granted.
- **2000-06-06** Referred to Standing Committee on Natural Resources And Water. `referral-committee`
- **2000-05-31** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2000-05-30** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 47. Noes 29. Page 6690.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-05-22** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-05-18** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 7.) (May 17). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2000-05-01** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2000-04-26** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-04-25** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 8. Noes 1.) (April 24). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2000-04-05** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Natural Resources. `referral-committee`
- **2000-04-04** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Natural Resources Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2000-03-09** Referred to Standing Committee on Natural Resources. `referral-committee`
- **2000-02-25** From printer. May be heard in committee March 26.
- **2000-02-24** 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/56d25744-eadc-4a1f-86dd-17c2e3bca52f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).