---
type: "Bill"
title: "Underground storage tanks: unified program agencies: Porter-Cologne Water Quality Control Act: administrative civil penalties: drinking water: enforcement."
description: "Underground storage tanks: unified program agencies: Porter-Cologne Water Quality Control Act: administrative civil penalties: drinking water: enforcement."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 2481"
citation: "California AB 2481 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Underground storage tanks: unified program agencies: Porter-Cologne Water Quality Control Act: administrative civil penalties: drinking water: enforcement."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Frommer"]
version_count: 12
action_count: 32
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2002-02-21"
last_action: "2002-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e23dcfaf-7b91-4876-b414-0d0c0c100db1"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2481"
source_hash: "bbe4e0132de2d6cc2bf79eae436c9804f2f23783ea395694249e52d988335417"
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 2481 (20012002) — Underground storage tanks: unified program agencies: Porter-Cologne Water Quality Control Act: administrative civil penalties: drinking water: enforcement.

## 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=200120020AB2481&version=20010AB248199INT)
2. **04/16/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2481&version=20010AB248198AMD)
3. **04/30/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2481&version=20010AB248197AMD)
4. **05/16/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2481&version=20010AB248196AMD)
5. **06/11/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2481&version=20010AB248195AMD)
6. **08/05/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2481&version=20010AB248194AMD)
7. **08/06/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2481&version=20010AB248193AMD)
8. **08/22/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2481&version=20010AB248192AMD)
9. **08/28/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2481&version=20010AB248191AMD)
10. **09/27/02 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2481&version=20010AB248189CHP)
11. **AB2481** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2481)
12. **08/30/02 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2481&version=20010AB248190ENR)

## Votes

- AB 2481 Frommer Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 2481 Frommer Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Assembly 2nd Reading AB2481 Frommer By Sher — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Frommer — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 999, Statutes of 2002.
- **2002-09-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2002-09-17** Enrolled and to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2002-08-30** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 56. Noes 23. Page 8599.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2002-08-29** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2002-08-29** Read second time. To third reading. Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 25. Noes 11. Page 5956.) `reading-2, reading-1, reading-3, passage`
- **2002-08-28** Read third time, amended. To second reading. Joint Rule 61(b)(15) suspended. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-3`
- **2002-08-26** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-08-22** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-3`
- **2002-08-14** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-08-13** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 2.). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2002-08-06** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on 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 5. 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`
- **2002-06-14** (Corrected June 13. )
- **2002-06-13** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2002-06-11** 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`
- **2002-06-04** 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 49. Noes 29. Page 6524.) `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`
- **2002-05-22** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2002-05-20** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2002-05-16** 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`
- **2002-05-07** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2002-04-30** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2002-04-29** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 23). `amendment-introduction, referral-committee, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2002-04-23** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials. `referral-committee`
- **2002-04-16** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials Read second time and amended. `reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-04-09** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2002-03-07** Referred to Standing Committee on Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials. `referral-committee`
- **2002-02-22** From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
- **2002-02-21** 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/e23dcfaf-7b91-4876-b414-0d0c0c100db1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).