---
type: "Bill"
title: "Military bases: recovery: retention."
description: "Military bases: recovery: retention."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 2875"
citation: "California AB 2875 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Military bases: recovery: retention."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Vargas"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 28
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2002-02-25"
last_action: "2002-09-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/97613efc-1c86-4a30-9681-fd4914cfdeb1"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2875"
source_hash: "238cb61764405e2fe5c43801d6be36af12131b103c146760b5fe1bee49da539b"
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 2875 (20012002) — Military bases: recovery: retention.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/25/02 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2875&version=20010AB287599INT)
2. **06/12/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2875&version=20010AB287598AMD)
3. **08/12/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2875&version=20010AB287597AMD)
4. **08/26/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2875&version=20010AB287596AMD)
5. **09/18/02 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2875&version=20010AB287594CHP)
6. **AB2875** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2875)
7. **08/31/02 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2875&version=20010AB287595ENR)

## Votes

- Assembly 3rd Reading AB2875 Vargas By Soto — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 2875 Vargas Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Rules. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 2875 Vargas Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Vargas — primary (person)
- Wiggins — principal coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-09-18** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 692, Statutes of 2002.
- **2002-09-18** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2002-09-17** Enrolled and to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2002-08-31** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 8670.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2002-08-30** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2002-08-30** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 5992.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-08-29** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.). Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, committee-passage-favorable, reading-1, committee-passage`
- **2002-08-28** Joint Rules 61(b)(13) and 61(b)(14) suspended.
- **2002-08-26** 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`
- **2002-08-21** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2002-08-15** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **2002-08-12** 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`
- **2002-08-08** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2002-07-01** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2002-06-24** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2002-06-20** Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Revenue and Taxation. `referral-committee`
- **2002-06-12** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules. `reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2002-06-11** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Rules (Ayes 12. Noes 0.). `amendment-introduction, referral-committee, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2002-05-30** Referred to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization. `referral-committee`
- **2002-05-24** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2002-05-23** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 6337.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-05-23** Art. IV, Sec. 8(b) of the Constitution suspended.
- **2002-05-23** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 24. Noes 0.) (May 22). Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, committee-passage-favorable, reading-1, committee-passage`
- **2002-04-24** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2002-04-11** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (April 10). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2002-03-18** Referred to Standing Committee on Local Government. `referral-committee`
- **2002-02-26** From printer. May be heard in committee March 28.
- **2002-02-25** Joint Rule 54 (a) suspended. 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/97613efc-1c86-4a30-9681-fd4914cfdeb1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).