---
type: "Bill"
title: "Agricultural disaster prevention: quarantine powers."
description: "Agricultural disaster prevention: quarantine powers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 955"
citation: "California AB 955 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Agricultural disaster prevention: quarantine powers."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Florez"]
version_count: 13
action_count: 33
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2001-02-23"
last_action: "2001-10-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8dc9398f-0692-49bc-b84d-ecb07cc78b85"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB955"
source_hash: "bb5a790e7baf9dd20423beafee987f3a26d159ad41f6da6d90187009f6cdeb5c"
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 955 (20012002) — Agricultural disaster prevention: quarantine powers.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/23/01 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB955&version=20010AB95599INT)
2. **04/05/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB955&version=20010AB95598AMD)
3. **04/16/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB955&version=20010AB95597AMD)
4. **04/25/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB955&version=20010AB95596AMD)
5. **05/23/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB955&version=20010AB95595AMD)
6. **06/21/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB955&version=20010AB95594AMD)
7. **07/02/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB955&version=20010AB95593AMD)
8. **07/11/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB955&version=20010AB95592AMD)
9. **08/22/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB955&version=20010AB95591AMD)
10. **08/28/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB955&version=20010AB95590AMD)
11. **10/04/01 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB955&version=20010AB95588CHP)
12. **AB955** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB955)
13. **09/10/01 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB955&version=20010AB95589ENR)

## Votes

- Special Consent #29 AB955 Florez — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 955 Florez Special Consent Calendar 2nd Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 955 Florez Consent Calendar Second Day — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Florez — primary (person)
- Negrete McLeod — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-10-04** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 503, Statutes of 2001.
- **2001-10-04** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2001-09-21** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2001-09-10** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 3664.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2001-09-05** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 7 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
- **2001-09-04** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2591.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-08-29** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-08-28** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-3`
- **2001-08-22** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2001-08-21** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and be amended. `amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **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`
- **2001-07-05** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2001-07-02** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on AGR. & WAT. RES. Joint Rule 62(a), file notice waived. (Page 1783.) `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-06-21** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on AGR. & WAT. RES. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-06-14** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2001-06-05** Referred to Com. on AGR. & WAT. RES. `referral-committee`
- **2001-05-29** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2001-05-29** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 1880.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-05-24** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-05-23** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2001-05-22** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. (May 16). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2001-05-01** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-25** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2001-04-24** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (April 18). `amendment-introduction, referral-committee, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2001-04-18** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Agriculture. `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-16** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2001-04-16** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Agriculture Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Agriculture. `reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-04-05** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Agriculture Read second time and amended. `reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-04-05** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Agriculture by unanimous consent. `referral-committee`
- **2001-03-12** Referred to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization and Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2001-02-26** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2001-02-25** From printer. May be heard in committee March 27.
- **2001-02-23** Introduced. To print. `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8dc9398f-0692-49bc-b84d-ecb07cc78b85`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).