---
type: "Bill"
title: "Air pollution: smog check."
description: "Air pollution: smog check."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 854"
citation: "California AB 854 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Air pollution: smog check."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Briggs"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2001-02-22"
last_action: "2001-09-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4f287b0b-a844-4e12-b96e-82b017a0ba2e"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB854"
source_hash: "240841ee8f2ade258d85816b60dd60aed20669c665a66629212b8e9dae59dfd1"
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 854 (20012002) — Air pollution: smog check.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/22/01 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB854&version=20010AB85499INT)
2. **09/25/01 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB854&version=20010AB85497CHP)
3. **AB854** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB854)
4. **08/27/01 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB854&version=20010AB85498ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Special Consent #26 AB854 Briggs — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 854 Briggs Consent Calendar Second Day — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Briggs — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-09-25** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 335, Statutes of 2001.
- **2001-09-24** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2001-09-04** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2:45 p.m.
- **2001-08-28** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2001-08-27** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2446.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-07-10** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-07-09** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2001-06-20** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2001-05-21** Referred to Standing Committee on Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **2001-05-10** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2001-05-10** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1517.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-05-07** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-05-03** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 2). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2001-04-17** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 16). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2001-03-12** Referred to Standing Committee on Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **2001-02-25** From printer. May be heard in committee March 27.
- **2001-02-22** 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/4f287b0b-a844-4e12-b96e-82b017a0ba2e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).