---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public resources: fire prevention and control: forest protection."
description: "Public resources: fire prevention and control: forest protection."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 2859"
citation: "California AB 2859 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public resources: fire prevention and control: forest protection."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gaines"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 28
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2008-02-22"
last_action: "2008-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/db5af331-4d8e-4c9f-94cd-360cc36285cf"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2859"
source_hash: "280e4359380d619d713cfc858201ebbf9783b7f5dc73393cdc1d0d92b1736de0"
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 2859 (20072008) — Public resources: fire prevention and control: forest protection.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/22/08 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2859&version=20070AB285999INT)
2. **04/08/08 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2859&version=20070AB285998AMD)
3. **04/23/08 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2859&version=20070AB285997AMD)
4. **05/07/08 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2859&version=20070AB285996AMD)
5. **08/11/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2859&version=20070AB285995AMD)
6. **09/27/08 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2859&version=20070AB285993CHP)
7. **AB2859** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2859)
8. **08/22/08 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2859&version=20070AB285994ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 2859 GAINES Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent #36 AB2859 Gaines By Aanestad — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 2859 GAINES Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gaines — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2008-02-22** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2008-02-24** From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
- **2008-02-25** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2008-03-13** Referred to Standing Committee on Natural Resources. `referral-committee`
- **2008-04-08** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Natural Resources Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, referral-committee`
- **2008-04-09** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Natural Resources. `referral-committee`
- **2008-04-22** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 14). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2008-04-23** Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage`
- **2008-04-28** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2008-05-07** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, referral-committee`
- **2008-05-08** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2008-05-15** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 14). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-05-19** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-05-22** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 5273.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-05-22** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2008-05-29** Referred to Standing Committee on Natural Resources And Water. `referral-committee`
- **2008-06-16** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2008-06-25** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2008-08-04** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2008-08-05** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-08-11** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-1, reading-3, amendment-passage`
- **2008-08-12** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-08-14** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5064.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-08-15** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 17 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2008-08-19** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 6682.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2008-09-18** Enrolled and to the Governor at 9:30 a.m.
- **2008-09-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2008-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 365, Statutes of 2008.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/db5af331-4d8e-4c9f-94cd-360cc36285cf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).