---
type: "Bill"
title: "Sewage system overflows: reporting."
description: "Sewage system overflows: reporting."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 285"
citation: "California AB 285 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Sewage system overflows: reporting."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wayne"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 24
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2001-02-16"
last_action: "2001-10-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8c8442ea-2505-401e-9ad6-b76a2e9760e7"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB285"
source_hash: "1ef2799f876532e0390faca90d173eacfe81d1ee59866c840f555fcd9e5aefe9"
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 285 (20012002) — Sewage system overflows: reporting.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/16/01 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB285&version=20010AB28599INT)
2. **04/17/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB285&version=20010AB28598AMD)
3. **06/26/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB285&version=20010AB28597AMD)
4. **07/18/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB285&version=20010AB28596AMD)
5. **08/23/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB285&version=20010AB28595AMD)
6. **10/04/01 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB285&version=20010AB28593CHP)
7. **AB285** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB285)
8. **09/13/01 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB285&version=20010AB28594ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 285 Wayne Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 285 Wayne Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB285 Wayne By Alpert — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Wayne — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-10-04** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 498, Statutes of 2001.
- **2001-10-04** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2001-10-01** Enrolled and to the Governor at 10:30 a.m.
- **2001-09-13** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 77. Noes 2. Page 3906.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2001-09-13** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 2. Page 2879.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-09-12** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.). Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, committee-passage-favorable, reading-1, committee-passage`
- **2001-09-06** In committee: Held under submission.
- **2001-08-23** 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`
- **2001-08-20** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **2001-07-18** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2001-07-17** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 6. Noes 1.). `amendment-introduction, referral-committee, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2001-06-26** 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`
- **2001-06-05** Referred to Com. on ENV. QUAL. `referral-committee`
- **2001-05-24** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2001-05-24** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 1800.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-05-21** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-05-17** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 16). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2001-04-26** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 24). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2001-04-23** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials. `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-17** 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`
- **2001-04-03** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2001-03-01** Referred to Standing Committee on Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials. `referral-committee`
- **2001-02-20** From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
- **2001-02-16** 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/8c8442ea-2505-401e-9ad6-b76a2e9760e7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).