---
type: "Bill"
title: "Low-level radioactive waste disposal facility."
description: "Low-level radioactive waste disposal facility."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 2214"
citation: "California AB 2214 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Low-level radioactive waste disposal facility."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Keeley"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 25
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2002-02-20"
last_action: "2002-09-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/85ff19ce-961d-4b2c-837d-47833340222b"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2214"
source_hash: "9331686cb5c8cd92b4443a389e6be23e0be7e07b3e8768eacdb2b05d318fc829"
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 2214 (20012002) — Low-level radioactive waste disposal facility.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/20/02 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2214&version=20010AB221499INT)
2. **04/25/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2214&version=20010AB221498AMD)
3. **05/28/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2214&version=20010AB221497AMD)
4. **08/05/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2214&version=20010AB221496AMD)
5. **08/27/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2214&version=20010AB221495AMD)
6. **09/12/02 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2214&version=20010AB221493CHP)
7. **AB2214** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2214)
8. **08/31/02 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2214&version=20010AB221494ENR)

## Votes

- AB 2214 Keeley Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB2214 Keeley By Kuehl — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 2214 Keeley Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Keeley — primary (person)
- Koretz — coauthor (person)
- Leonard — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-09-12** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 513, Statutes of 2002.
- **2002-09-12** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2002-09-11** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
- **2002-08-31** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 43. Noes 32. Page 8716.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2002-08-31** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2002-08-30** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 22. Noes 9. Page 5996.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-08-29** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.). Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, committee-passage-favorable, reading-1, committee-passage`
- **2002-08-27** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-08-22** In committee: Set, second hearing. Held under submission.
- **2002-08-13** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations pursuant to Joint Rule 10.5. `referral-committee`
- **2002-08-05** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (August 5). Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-1, referral-committee, committee-passage, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-06-13** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2002-06-04** Referred to Com. on ENV. QUAL. `referral-committee`
- **2002-05-30** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2002-05-29** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 43. Noes 26. Page 6555.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-05-28** Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-3`
- **2002-05-06** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-05-02** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 7.) (May 1). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2002-04-29** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2002-04-25** 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`
- **2002-04-24** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2002-04-10** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 6. Noes 3.) (April 9). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2002-03-14** Referred to Standing Committee on Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials. `referral-committee`
- **2002-02-21** From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
- **2002-02-20** 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/85ff19ce-961d-4b2c-837d-47833340222b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).