---
type: "Bill"
title: "California Poet Laureate."
description: "California Poet Laureate."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 113"
citation: "California AB 113 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["California Poet Laureate."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pavley"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 23
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2001-01-18"
last_action: "2001-08-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7c58af71-bd95-4afc-9b50-e58388fe5ff5"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB113"
source_hash: "f4cb4acda1a7beb7ca06af6c42b67955ecff1c22a6ced49dd4570a94a231f69a"
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 113 (20012002) — California Poet Laureate.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/18/01 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB113&version=20010AB11399INT)
2. **03/14/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB113&version=20010AB11398AMD)
3. **04/05/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB113&version=20010AB11397AMD)
4. **07/11/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB113&version=20010AB11396AMD)
5. **08/31/01 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB113&version=20010AB11394CHP)
6. **AB113** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB113)
7. **08/20/01 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB113&version=20010AB11395ENR)

## Votes

- AB 113 Pavley Assembly Third Reading — **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 and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB113 Pavley By Bowen — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 113 Pavley Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Pavley — primary (person)
- Aroner — coauthor (person)
- Bowen — coauthor (person)
- Correa — coauthor (person)
- Costa — coauthor (person)
- Hertzberg — coauthor (person)
- Horton — coauthor (person)
- John Campbell — coauthor (person)
- Kuehl — coauthor (person)
- Liu — coauthor (person)
- Murray — coauthor (person)
- Robert Pacheco — coauthor (person)
- Speier — coauthor (person)
- Strom-Martin — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-08-31** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 206, Statutes of 2001.
- **2001-08-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2001-08-23** Enrolled and to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2001-08-20** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 59. Noes 14. Page 3055.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2001-07-19** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 21 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2001-07-19** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 24. Noes 5. Page 2112.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-07-11** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2001-07-10** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 1.). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2001-07-02** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2001-06-19** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 4.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2001-05-07** Referred to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization. `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-30** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2001-04-30** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 60. Noes 10. Page 1308.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-04-19** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-04-18** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 19. Noes 1.) (April 18). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2001-04-16** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-05** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Read second time and amended. `reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-03-20** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (March 20). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2001-03-15** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. `referral-committee`
- **2001-03-14** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection Read second time and amended. `reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-02-01** Referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. `referral-committee`
- **2001-01-19** From printer. May be heard in committee February 18.
- **2001-01-18** 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/7c58af71-bd95-4afc-9b50-e58388fe5ff5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).