---
type: "Bill"
title: "Environmentally preferable purchasing."
description: "Environmentally preferable purchasing."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 498"
citation: "California AB 498 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Environmentally preferable purchasing."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chan"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 23
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2001-02-21"
last_action: "2002-09-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dde78599-1fba-4750-9af4-8b01f3bf9fa5"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB498"
source_hash: "5d0e0f613ef56970ce77934b7f74542636518b505ad94d9d629172b9c083fb2c"
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 498 (20012002) — Environmentally preferable purchasing.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/21/01 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB498&version=20010AB49899INT)
2. **01/09/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB498&version=20010AB49898AMD)
3. **01/18/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB498&version=20010AB49897AMD)
4. **01/24/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB498&version=20010AB49896AMD)
5. **05/09/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB498&version=20010AB49895AMD)
6. **08/22/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB498&version=20010AB49894AMD)
7. **09/16/02 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB498&version=20010AB49892CHP)
8. **AB498** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB498)
9. **08/29/02 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB498&version=20010AB49893ENR)

## Votes

- Assembly 3rd Reading AB498 Chan By Chesbro — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 498 Chan Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 498 Chan Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Chan — primary (person)
- Chesbro — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-09-16** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 575, Statutes of 2002.
- **2002-09-14** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2002-09-13** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
- **2002-08-29** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 54. Noes 22. Page 8427.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2002-08-27** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 29 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2002-08-27** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 22. Noes 8. Page 5767.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-08-22** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 8. Noes 4.). Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-06-24** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **2002-06-11** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 8. Noes 2.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2002-05-09** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-02-07** Referred to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization. `referral-committee`
- **2002-01-29** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2002-01-29** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 44. Noes 26. Page 4624.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-01-28** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-01-24** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 13. Noes 6.) (January 24). Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-01-22** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2002-01-18** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2002-01-17** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (January 15). `amendment-introduction, referral-committee, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2002-01-10** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials. `referral-committee`
- **2002-01-09** 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`
- **2001-03-05** Referred to Standing Committee on Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials. `referral-committee`
- **2001-02-22** From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
- **2001-02-21** 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/dde78599-1fba-4750-9af4-8b01f3bf9fa5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).