---
type: "Bill"
title: "Open-space preservation: Bushy Lake and Urban American River Parkway."
description: "(1) The Bushy Lake Preservation Act declares that the County of Sacramento and the City of Sacramento have developed the American River Parkway, a 23-mile open-space greenbelt in the lower American River flood plain."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20092010"
identifier: "AB 889"
citation: "California AB 889 (20092010)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Open-space preservation: Bushy Lake and Urban American River Parkway."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jones"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 25
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2009-02-26"
last_action: "2009-10-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/44de961f-fa26-45d2-a399-05bf5eda079b"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB889"
source_hash: "534e29b3b78caaa3190ee0cd30b5e4b4b6844d9d1acaa41b218444885ba0603d"
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 889 (20092010) — Open-space preservation: Bushy Lake and Urban American River Parkway.

(1) The Bushy Lake Preservation Act declares that the County of Sacramento and the City of Sacramento have developed the American River Parkway, a 23-mile open-space greenbelt in the lower American River flood plain.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/26/09 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB889&version=20090AB88999INT)
2. **04/23/09 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB889&version=20090AB88998AMD)
3. **06/26/09 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB889&version=20090AB88997AMD)
4. **10/11/09 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB889&version=20090AB88995CHP)
5. **AB889** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB889)
6. **08/31/09 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB889&version=20090AB88996ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Governmental Organization Recommend Consent. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 889 JONES Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent #14 AB889 Jones — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 889 JONES Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jones — primary (person)
- Gaines — coauthor (person)
- Harman — coauthor (person)
- Huber — coauthor (person)
- Niello — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-02-26** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2009-02-27** From printer. May be heard in committee March 29.
- **2009-03-26** Referred to Com. on W.,P. & W. `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-14** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (April 14). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2009-04-22** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2009-04-23** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2009-04-27** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-30** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (April 29). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2009-05-04** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-05-11** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 1365.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2009-05-11** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2009-05-21** Referred to Coms. on N.R. & W. and G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2009-06-09** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on G.O. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 9). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2009-06-25** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (June 23). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2009-06-26** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-07-06** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2009-07-14** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2009-07-15** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-07-15** Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
- **2009-08-17** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 1843.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2009-08-17** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 19 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2009-08-27** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 2739.) `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-09-02** Enrolled and to the Governor at 4:15 p.m.
- **2009-10-11** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2009-10-11** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 482, Statutes of 2009.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/44de961f-fa26-45d2-a399-05bf5eda079b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).