---
type: "Bill"
title: "Forestry and fire protection: land purchases and property use."
description: "Existing law authorizes the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (department) , with the approval of the Department of General Services, to purchase land for lookout sites and for other administrative purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 2544"
citation: "California AB 2544 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Forestry and fire protection: land purchases and property use."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gordon"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2012-02-24"
last_action: "2012-09-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/63133e3f-6df5-4acb-a827-3eb1d4045bbf"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2544"
source_hash: "dd8efe8af49d04e54d5f42a57b917454cb767bf7f09eeb3ad10eb73c4e88066c"
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 2544 (20112012) — Forestry and fire protection: land purchases and property use.

Existing law authorizes the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (department) , with the approval of the Department of General Services, to purchase land for lookout sites and for other administrative purposes.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/24/12 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2544&version=20110AB254499INT)
2. **06/27/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2544&version=20110AB254498AMD)
3. **09/13/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2544&version=20110AB254496CHP)
4. **AB2544** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2544)
5. **08/20/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2544&version=20110AB254497ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **12–5** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **6–1** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **6–3** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB2544 Gordon By Evans — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 2544 GORDON Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **66–8** (pass) · lower
- AB 2544 GORDON Assembly Third Reading — **51–22** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gordon — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-02-24** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2012-02-26** From printer. May be heard in committee March 27.
- **2012-02-27** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2012-03-19** Referred to Com. on NAT. RES. `referral-committee`
- **2012-04-17** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 3.) (April 16). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-05-02** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (May 2). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-05-03** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-05-10** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 51. Noes 22. Page 4772.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-05-10** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2012-05-24** Referred to Com. on N.R. & W. `referral-committee`
- **2012-06-04** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2012-06-20** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2012-06-27** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on N.R. & W. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-07-03** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (July 3). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-08-06** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2012-08-07** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-08-13** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 4481.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-08-13** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 15 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2012-08-16** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 66. Noes 8. Page 5959.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2012-08-21** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:05 p.m.
- **2012-09-13** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2012-09-13** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 306, Statutes of 2012.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/63133e3f-6df5-4acb-a827-3eb1d4045bbf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).