---
type: "Bill"
title: "Oil and gas conservation."
description: "Oil and gas conservation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 2581"
citation: "California AB 2581 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Oil and gas conservation."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Maldonado"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 29
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2000-02-25"
last_action: "2000-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2d09a85e-d76b-467e-91e7-9da7aacbbcb2"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2581"
source_hash: "ce49ea191a376e7c99c393cd5e7d28ceca18eb6aa1d3ae8a1c7b27d3da8a400f"
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 2581 (19992000) — Oil and gas conservation.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/25/00 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2581&version=19990AB258199INT)
2. **03/30/00 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2581&version=19990AB258198AMD)
3. **04/13/00 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2581&version=19990AB258197AMD)
4. **05/08/00 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2581&version=19990AB258196AMD)
5. **08/07/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2581&version=19990AB258195AMD)
6. **08/29/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2581&version=19990AB258194AMD)
7. **09/27/00 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2581&version=19990AB258192CHP)
8. **AB2581** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2581)
9. **08/31/00 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2581&version=19990AB258193ENR)

## Votes

- Assembly 3rd Reading AB2581 Maldonado By Wright — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Judiciary. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 2581 MALDONADO CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 2581 MALDONADO THIRD READING — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Rules. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Maldonado — primary (person)
- Jackson — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2000-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 737, Statutes of 2000.
- **2000-09-25** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2000-09-14** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2000-08-31** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 58. Noes 15. Page 8868.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2000-08-30** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2000-08-30** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 6290.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-08-29** Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2000-08-18** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. Read second time. To third reading. `committee-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-08-08** Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2000-08-07** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2000-07-06** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Rules (Ayes 8. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2000-06-08** Referred to Standing Committee on Natural Resources And Water and Standing Committee on Rules. `referral-committee`
- **2000-05-31** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2000-05-30** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 63. Noes 13. Page 6692.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-05-22** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-05-18** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 4.) (May 17). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2000-05-10** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2000-05-08** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-05-04** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 12. Noes 2.) (May 2). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2000-04-27** Joint Rule 61 (b)(5) suspended.
- **2000-04-25** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Judiciary Re-referred. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (April 24). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2000-04-24** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Natural Resources. `referral-committee`
- **2000-04-13** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Natural Resources Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2000-04-03** Referred to Standing Committee on Natural Resources. `referral-committee`
- **2000-03-30** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Natural Resources Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2000-03-16** Referred to Standing Committee on Natural Resources and Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2000-02-28** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2000-02-26** From printer. May be heard in committee March 27.
- **2000-02-25** Assembly Rule 49(a) suspended. Introduced. To print. `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2d09a85e-d76b-467e-91e7-9da7aacbbcb2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).