---
type: "Bill"
title: "Permit Streamlining Act: natural gas projects."
description: "Permit Streamlining Act: natural gas projects."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 502"
citation: "California AB 502 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Permit Streamlining Act: natural gas projects."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Canciamilla"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 27
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2003-02-14"
last_action: "2004-09-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/10e95658-c376-4d82-a4d0-d0382b7e9344"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB502"
source_hash: "5cba6a207f1c69a39900bfbc9ebd9b95ac033e8aca174d5013556debc6d16d1d"
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 502 (20032004) — Permit Streamlining Act: natural gas projects.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/14/03 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB502&version=20030AB50299INT)
2. **05/12/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB502&version=20030AB50298AMD)
3. **06/16/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB502&version=20030AB50297AMD)
4. **06/28/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB502&version=20030AB50296AMD)
5. **07/06/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB502&version=20030AB50295AMD)
6. **09/10/04 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB502&version=20030AB50293CHP)
7. **AB502** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB502)
8. **08/25/04 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB502&version=20030AB50294ENR)

## Votes

- ab 502 canciamilla assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- senate amendments be concurred in. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- special consent cale ab502 canciamilla by torlakson — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 502 canciamilla concurrence in senate amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Canciamilla — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-09-10** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 439, Statutes of 2004.
- **2004-09-10** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2004-09-03** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2004-08-25** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 7662.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2004-08-23** From committee: With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (August 23). `committee-passage`
- **2004-08-12** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Natural Resources pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee`
- **2004-08-10** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 12 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2004-08-10** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4859.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-08-09** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-08-05** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2004-07-29** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2004-07-06** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-07-02** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 7. Noes 0.). `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, committee-passage`
- **2004-06-28** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Local Government. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-06-23** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Local Government. `referral-committee`
- **2004-06-16** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-06-12** Referred to Standing Committee on Rules. `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-29** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2003-05-29** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 24. Noes 0.) (May 28). Read second time. To third reading. Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1984.) `passage, committee-passage-favorable, reading-3, reading-2, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-05-21** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-13** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-12** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-05-08** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (May 8). `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, committee-passage`
- **2003-05-05** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 1426.)
- **2003-04-07** Referred to Standing Committee on Rules. `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-18** From printer. May be heard in committee March 20.
- **2003-02-14** 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/10e95658-c376-4d82-a4d0-d0382b7e9344`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).