---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public resources."
description: "Public resources."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 954"
citation: "California AB 954 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public resources."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Aroner"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 27
vote_count: 6
first_action: "1999-02-25"
last_action: "2000-09-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/408353f4-e10a-489e-a1e4-052eb389d93b"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB954"
source_hash: "e7c3030f576fa4d1d198d3a66a5c912ae2eb41500c9daf285c813b94fc868747"
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 954 (19992000) — Public resources.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/25/99 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB954&version=19990AB95499INT)
2. **01/04/00 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB954&version=19990AB95498AMD)
3. **01/24/00 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB954&version=19990AB95497AMD)
4. **07/06/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB954&version=19990AB95496AMD)
5. **08/14/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB954&version=19990AB95495AMD)
6. **08/25/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB954&version=19990AB95494AMD)
7. **09/19/00 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB954&version=19990AB95492CHP)
8. **AB954** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB954)
9. **08/31/00 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB954&version=19990AB95493ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- SPECIAL CONSENT CALE AB954 Aroner By Chesbro — **pass** (pass) · upper
- CONSENT CALENDAR SECOND DAY — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 954 ARONER SPEC. CONSENT CALENDAR FIRST DAY CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Aroner — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2000-09-19** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 498, Statutes of 2000.
- **2000-09-17** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2000-09-13** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
- **2000-08-31** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 74. Noes 1. Page 9025.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2000-08-30** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
- **2000-08-30** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 6354.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-08-28** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-08-25** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, 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`
- **2000-08-14** 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 8. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2000-08-07** Joint Rule 61(b)(12) suspended.
- **2000-07-06** 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`
- **2000-06-21** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2000-02-09** Referred to Standing Committee on Natural Resources And Water. `referral-committee`
- **2000-01-27** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2000-01-27** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 4978.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-01-25** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-01-24** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-01-20** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. (January 19). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2000-01-11** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (January 10). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2000-01-10** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Natural Resources. `referral-committee`
- **2000-01-04** 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`
- **1999-04-05** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **1999-03-11** Referred to Standing Committee on Natural Resources. `referral-committee`
- **1999-02-26** From printer. May be heard in committee March 28.
- **1999-02-25** 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/408353f4-e10a-489e-a1e4-052eb389d93b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).