---
type: "Bill"
title: "Local recreational areas: personnel: prior criminal convictions."
description: "Local recreational areas: personnel: prior criminal convictions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 351"
citation: "California AB 351 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Local recreational areas: personnel: prior criminal convictions."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["La Suer"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 25
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2001-02-16"
last_action: "2001-10-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1e213c52-544a-468b-94b1-c7b59799dbcb"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB351"
source_hash: "f1480138cc0c82e338f6fd550a03c59b42a6bb2530a7b62c17ac424433059950"
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 351 (20012002) — Local recreational areas: personnel: prior criminal convictions.

## 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=200120020AB351&version=20010AB35199INT)
2. **04/16/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB351&version=20010AB35198AMD)
3. **05/01/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB351&version=20010AB35197AMD)
4. **07/09/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB351&version=20010AB35196AMD)
5. **08/20/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB351&version=20010AB35195AMD)
6. **10/13/01 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB351&version=20010AB35193CHP)
7. **AB351** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB351)
8. **09/12/01 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB351&version=20010AB35194ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 351 La Suer Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 351 La Suer Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- SPECIAL CONSENT CALE AB351 LaSuer By Torlakson — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- La Suer — primary (person)
- Margett — coauthor (person)
- Soto — coauthor (person)
- Torlakson — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-10-13** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 777, Statutes of 2001.
- **2001-10-12** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2001-09-25** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2001-09-12** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3698.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2001-09-10** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 12 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2001-09-10** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2757.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-09-06** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.). Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, committee-passage-favorable, reading-1, committee-passage`
- **2001-08-20** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **2001-08-20** 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** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2001-07-05** 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`
- **2001-06-12** Referred to Standing Committee on Local Government. `referral-committee`
- **2001-06-05** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2001-06-04** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 2029.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-05-31** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 21. Noes 0.) (May 31). Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, committee-passage-favorable, reading-1, committee-passage`
- **2001-05-29** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice waived. (Page 1856.)
- **2001-05-23** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2001-05-07** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2001-05-01** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2001-04-30** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (April 25). `amendment-introduction, referral-committee, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2001-04-18** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Labor and Employment. `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-16** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Labor and Employment Read second time and amended. `reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-03-12** Referred to Standing Committee on Labor and Employment. `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/1e213c52-544a-468b-94b1-c7b59799dbcb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).