---
type: "Bill"
title: "Environmental justice: grant program."
description: "Environmental justice: grant program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 2312"
citation: "California AB 2312 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Environmental justice: grant program."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chu"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 24
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2002-02-21"
last_action: "2002-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/54faf52c-41a1-45af-9765-6a19d5287766"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2312"
source_hash: "edd9fcef8c762beca4b8675bb2f22d1c0b911ca4e8d4b3b124ca24fc6bf49f91"
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 2312 (20012002) — Environmental justice: grant program.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/21/02 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2312&version=20010AB231299INT)
2. **04/25/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2312&version=20010AB231298AMD)
3. **06/13/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2312&version=20010AB231297AMD)
4. **08/05/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2312&version=20010AB231296AMD)
5. **08/07/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2312&version=20010AB231295AMD)
6. **08/22/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2312&version=20010AB231294AMD)
7. **09/27/02 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2312&version=20010AB231292CHP)
8. **AB2312** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2312)
9. **08/29/02 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2312&version=20010AB231293ENR)

## Votes

- AB 2312 Chu Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 2312 Chu Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB2312 Chu By Sher — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chu — primary (person)
- Alarcon — coauthor (person)
- Cedillo — coauthor (person)
- Firebaugh — coauthor (person)
- Lowenthal — coauthor (person)
- Pavley — coauthor (person)
- Vargas — coauthor (person)
- Wayne — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 994, Statutes of 2002.
- **2002-09-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2002-09-11** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2002-08-29** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 48. Noes 31. Page 8433.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2002-08-27** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 29 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2002-08-27** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 24. Noes 13. Page 5777.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-08-22** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 8. Noes 4.). Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-08-13** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations pursuant to Joint Rule 10.5. `referral-committee`
- **2002-08-07** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-08-05** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 6. 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`
- **2002-06-17** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2002-06-13** 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. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-06-12** Referred to Com. on ENV. QUAL. `referral-committee`
- **2002-06-03** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2002-05-30** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 44. Noes 33. Page 6615.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-05-23** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 7.) (May 22). Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, committee-passage-favorable, reading-1, committee-passage`
- **2002-05-09** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2002-04-29** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2002-04-25** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2002-04-24** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 7. Noes 4.) (April 15). `amendment-introduction, referral-committee, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2002-04-02** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2002-03-07** Referred to Standing Committee on Natural Resources. `referral-committee`
- **2002-02-22** From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
- **2002-02-21** 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/54faf52c-41a1-45af-9765-6a19d5287766`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).