---
type: "Bill"
title: "Environmental impact reports."
description: "Environmental impact reports."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 2848"
citation: "California AB 2848 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Environmental impact reports."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Firebaugh"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 27
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2000-03-02"
last_action: "2000-09-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d48d0385-2d2d-4c17-8dad-c7bc7da040ac"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2848"
source_hash: "d41b17c66ffdc36ad1fb66c1516a01e6b87e4ac710c76fadad384ebfaf3225bd"
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 2848 (19992000) — Environmental impact reports.

## Version chain

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

1. **03/02/00 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2848&version=19990AB284899INT)
2. **05/18/00 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2848&version=19990AB284898AMD)
3. **05/26/00 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2848&version=19990AB284897AMD)
4. **08/07/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2848&version=19990AB284896AMD)
5. **09/11/00 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2848&version=19990AB284894CHP)
6. **AB2848** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2848)
7. **08/25/00 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2848&version=19990AB284895ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- SPECIAL CONSENT CALE AB2848 Firebaugh — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 2848 FIREBAUGH CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 2848 FIREBAUGH 3RD READING URGENCY — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Natural Resources. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Transportation Recommend Consent. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Firebaugh — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2000-09-11** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 387, Statutes of 2000.
- **2000-09-08** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2000-09-07** Enrolled and to the Governor at 9:30 a.m.
- **2000-08-25** Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 8356.) `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. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 6034.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-08-22** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. Read second time. To third reading. `committee-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-08-10** Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2000-08-08** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Transportation with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, 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 Com. on ENV. QUAL. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2000-07-06** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2000-06-28** Joint Rule 61(b)(12) suspended.
- **2000-06-15** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2000-06-13** Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to ENV. QUAL. and Standing Committee on Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **2000-06-12** Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules. `referral-committee`
- **2000-06-08** Referred to Standing Committee on Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **2000-06-05** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2000-06-01** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 1. Page 6995.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-05-30** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-05-26** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice waived. (Page 6616.) From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (May 26). Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-05-23** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (May 23). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2000-05-22** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Natural Resources. `referral-committee`
- **2000-05-18** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-05-17** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Natural Resources (Ayes 19. Noes 0.) (May 15). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2000-03-27** Referred to Standing Committee on Transportation and Standing Committee on Natural Resources. `referral-committee`
- **2000-03-03** From printer. May be heard in committee April 2.
- **2000-03-02** Joint Rule 54 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/d48d0385-2d2d-4c17-8dad-c7bc7da040ac`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).