---
type: "Bill"
title: "California Cultural and Historical Endowment."
description: "Existing law, the California Cultural and Historical Endowment Act, establishes the California Cultural and Historical Endowment in the California State Library, and provides that it is chaired by the State Librarian. Among other things, the act authorizes the endowment to make grants and loans on a competitive basis to public agencies and nonprofit organizations, as defined, to encourage development of California's historical and cultural resources and requires the endowment to undertake a comprehensive survey of the state of cultural and historical preservation, accessibility, and interpretation in California."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 482"
citation: "California AB 482 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["California Cultural and Historical Endowment."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Atkins"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 29
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2013-02-19"
last_action: "2013-10-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d612ccdb-791d-41cb-a57e-f52b8163b5a2"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB482"
source_hash: "f7379cffaa3b62bb2152113748a4f8902fb78db6a25bbe9c78466c26d7e2b9da"
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 482 (20132014) — California Cultural and Historical Endowment.

Existing law, the California Cultural and Historical Endowment Act, establishes the California Cultural and Historical Endowment in the California State Library, and provides that it is chaired by the State Librarian. Among other things, the act authorizes the endowment to make grants and loans on a competitive basis to public agencies and nonprofit organizations, as defined, to encourage development of California's historical and cultural resources and requires the endowment to undertake a comprehensive survey of the state of cultural and historical preservation, accessibility, and interpretation in California.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/19/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB482&version=20130AB48299INT)
2. **04/10/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB482&version=20130AB48298AMD)
3. **06/19/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB482&version=20130AB48297AMD)
4. **09/03/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB482&version=20130AB48296AMD)
5. **10/05/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB482&version=20130AB48294CHP)
6. **AB482** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB482)
7. **09/18/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB482&version=20130AB48295ENR)

## Votes

- AB 482 ATKINS Third Reading Urgency — **57–19** (pass) · lower
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **6–1** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **4–2** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB482 Atkins By De León — **26–11** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB482 Atkins By De León Reconsider — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- AB 482 ATKINS Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **57–21** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **12–5** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB482 Atkins By De León — **26–7** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Atkins — primary (person)
- Block — coauthor (person)
- Ian Calderon — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-02-19** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2013-02-20** From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
- **2013-03-19** Referred to Coms. on A.,E.,S.,T., & I.M. and TRANS. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-09** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 2.) (April 9). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2013-04-10** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-04-11** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-01** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-24** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (May 24). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-05-24** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-05-30** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 57. Noes 19. Page 1841.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-06-03** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2013-06-13** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2013-06-19** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on RLS. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2013-06-27** Re-referred to Com. on N.R. & W. `referral-committee`
- **2013-07-01** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (July 1). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-08-08** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2013-08-19** In committee: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2013-08-30** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 30). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2013-09-03** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-09-11** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 26. Noes 11. Page 2331.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-09-11** Motion to reconsider made by Senator De León.
- **2013-09-11** Reconsideration granted. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 2332.)
- **2013-09-11** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 26. Noes 7. Page 2332.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-09-11** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 13 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2013-09-11** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 3227.)
- **2013-09-11** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 57. Noes 21. Page 3233.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2013-09-25** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2013-10-05** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2013-10-05** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 590, Statutes of 2013.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d612ccdb-791d-41cb-a57e-f52b8163b5a2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).