---
type: "Bill"
title: "Commission on Asian and Pacific Islander American Affairs."
description: "Commission on Asian and Pacific Islander American Affairs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 116"
citation: "California AB 116 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Commission on Asian and Pacific Islander American Affairs."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nakano"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 32
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2001-01-18"
last_action: "2002-09-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3903f4ba-3c73-444e-81f1-f2a3f794b764"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB116"
source_hash: "e133813144882614472679fd0b5ef187ffdafe87f67547beee9bb32a640edb0e"
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 116 (20012002) — Commission on Asian and Pacific Islander American Affairs.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/18/01 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB116&version=20010AB11699INT)
2. **04/02/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB116&version=20010AB11697AMD)
3. **04/16/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB116&version=20010AB11698AMD)
4. **06/12/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB116&version=20010AB11696AMD)
5. **08/22/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB116&version=20010AB11695AMD)
6. **08/27/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB116&version=20010AB11694AMD)
7. **09/20/02 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB116&version=20010AB11692CHP)
8. **AB116** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB116)
9. **08/30/02 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB116&version=20010AB11693ENR)

## Votes

- Assembly 3rd Reading AB116 Nakano By Ortiz — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 116 Nakano Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Set, final hearing. Failed passage in Committee. Reconsideration granted. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **fail** (fail) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 116 Nakano Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Nakano — primary (person)
- Alpert — coauthor (person)
- Aroner — coauthor (person)
- Cedillo — coauthor (person)
- Chan — author (person)
- Chu — author (person)
- Correa — coauthor (person)
- Diaz — coauthor (person)
- Goldberg — coauthor (person)
- Havice — coauthor (person)
- Liu — author (person)
- Longville — coauthor (person)
- Ortiz — coauthor (person)
- Romero — coauthor (person)
- Strom-Martin — coauthor (person)
- Vargas — coauthor (person)
- Vasconcellos — coauthor (person)
- Wayne — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-09-20** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 716, Statutes of 2002.
- **2002-09-20** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2002-09-13** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2002-08-30** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 66. Noes 13. Page 8587.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2002-08-29** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2002-08-29** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 23. Noes 9. Page 5921.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-08-28** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-08-27** Joint Rule 61(b)(5) suspended. Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-3`
- **2002-08-22** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 8. Noes 3.). Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-08-05** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **2002-06-25** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 1.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2002-06-18** In committee: Set first hearing. Failed passage. Reconsideration granted. (Corrected June 17. )
- **2002-06-12** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-06-04** In committee: Set, second hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2002-04-29** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2002-04-11** Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization. `referral-committee`
- **2002-04-08** Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules. `referral-committee`
- **2002-04-02** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Revenue and Taxation. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-06-27** In committee: Set, first hearing. Further hearing to be set.
- **2001-06-12** Referred to Standing Committee on Revenue and Taxation. `referral-committee`
- **2001-06-05** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2001-06-04** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2021.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-05-31** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 21. Noes 0.) (May 31). Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, committee-passage-favorable, reading-1, committee-passage`
- **2001-05-29** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice waived. (Page 1856.)
- **2001-05-23** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2001-05-15** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (May 14). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2001-04-23** In committee: Set, first hearing. Held under submission.
- **2001-04-19** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Revenue and Taxation. `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-16** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Revenue and Taxation. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-02-22** Referred to Standing Committee on Revenue and Taxation. `referral-committee`
- **2001-01-19** From printer. May be heard in committee February 18.
- **2001-01-18** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3903f4ba-3c73-444e-81f1-f2a3f794b764`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).