---
type: "Bill"
title: "Urban wildland interface communities: prefire activities."
description: "Urban wildland interface communities: prefire activities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 2993"
citation: "California AB 2993 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Urban wildland interface communities: prefire activities."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Firebaugh"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 24
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2002-03-04"
last_action: "2002-09-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0e4d6958-6061-44e3-b73e-734cbb1b5767"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2993"
source_hash: "0ddb5e3c70859d88d8f7c1b9a72d0092c9f0b54248cbfa3f666c0d8619e30e32"
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 2993 (20012002) — Urban wildland interface communities: prefire activities.

## Version chain

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

1. **03/04/02 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2993&version=20010AB299399INT)
2. **04/04/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2993&version=20010AB299398AMD)
3. **04/16/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2993&version=20010AB299397AMD)
4. **06/06/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2993&version=20010AB299396AMD)
5. **06/18/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2993&version=20010AB299395AMD)
6. **08/07/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2993&version=20010AB299394AMD)
7. **09/16/02 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2993&version=20010AB299392CHP)
8. **AB2993** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2993)
9. **08/22/02 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2993&version=20010AB299393ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB2993 Firebaugh By Torlakson — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 2993 Firebaugh Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 2993 Firebaugh Special Consent Calendar 2nd Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Firebaugh — primary (person)
- Cardoza — principal coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-09-16** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 596, Statutes of 2002.
- **2002-09-15** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2002-09-10** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2002-08-22** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 7930.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2002-08-19** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 21 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
- **2002-08-19** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 5502.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-08-07** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2002-08-06** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and be amended. `amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2002-06-18** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2002-06-17** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 6. Noes 0.). `amendment-introduction, referral-committee, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2002-06-06** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Natural Resources And Water. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-05-16** Referred to Standing Committee on Natural Resources And Water. `referral-committee`
- **2002-05-09** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2002-05-09** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 68. Noes 0. Page 5990.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-05-06** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-05-02** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 23. Noes 0.) (May 1). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2002-04-17** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2002-04-16** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2002-04-15** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (April 8). `amendment-introduction, referral-committee, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2002-04-08** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Natural Resources. `referral-committee`
- **2002-04-04** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Natural Resources Read second time and amended. `reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-03-18** Referred to Standing Committee on Natural Resources. `referral-committee`
- **2002-03-05** From printer. May be heard in committee April 4.
- **2002-03-04** 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/0e4d6958-6061-44e3-b73e-734cbb1b5767`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).