---
type: "Bill"
title: "California Science Center: police and security services."
description: "California Science Center: police and security services."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 340"
citation: "California AB 340 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["California Science Center: police and security services."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wright"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 23
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2001-02-16"
last_action: "2001-10-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fafb68ca-83ee-43a9-890b-a32188f9d1ba"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB340"
source_hash: "17c118fdaa07b4c32c4ecfc09e53b7fd748a770997e2d99c20575dfe75335022"
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 340 (20012002) — California Science Center: police and security services.

## 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=200120020AB340&version=20010AB34099INT)
2. **07/11/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB340&version=20010AB34098AMD)
3. **08/23/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB340&version=20010AB34097AMD)
4. **08/30/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB340&version=20010AB34096AMD)
5. **10/04/01 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB340&version=20010AB34094CHP)
6. **AB340** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB340)
7. **09/10/01 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB340&version=20010AB34095ENR)

## Votes

- AB 340 Wright Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB340 Wright By Polanco — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 340 Wright Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **fail** (fail) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Set, second hearing. Failed passage in Committee. Reconsideration granted. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Wright — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-10-04** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 479, Statutes of 2001.
- **2001-10-03** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2001-09-25** Enrolled and to the Governor at 12:15 p.m.
- **2001-09-10** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 71. Noes 4. Page 3590.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2001-09-06** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 8 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2001-09-06** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 24. Noes 11. Page 2617.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-08-30** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2001-08-29** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 1.). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **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`
- **2001-08-21** In committee: Set second hearing. Failed passage. Reconsideration granted.
- **2001-07-16** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2001-07-11** 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`
- **2001-07-09** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2001-05-22** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 1.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2001-05-07** Referred to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization. `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-30** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2001-04-30** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 58. Noes 13. Page 1312.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-04-26** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-04-25** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 21. Noes 0.) (April 25). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2001-04-04** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (April 3). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2001-03-05** Referred to Standing Committee on Water, Parks and Wildlife. `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/fafb68ca-83ee-43a9-890b-a32188f9d1ba`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).