---
type: "Bill"
title: "Water quality: civil liability."
description: "Water quality: civil liability."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 2351"
citation: "California AB 2351 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Water quality: civil liability."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Canciamilla"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 26
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2002-02-21"
last_action: "2002-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/92071cbf-5334-4b98-b501-8d9132b4c928"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2351"
source_hash: "32337dfc6a5cc456f7b6370fe16741682e86b8f04ad53d0c4fea9d18638bec5b"
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 2351 (20012002) — Water quality: civil liability.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/21/02 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2351&version=20010AB235199INT)
2. **04/23/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2351&version=20010AB235198AMD)
3. **06/18/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2351&version=20010AB235197AMD)
4. **08/05/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2351&version=20010AB235196AMD)
5. **08/26/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2351&version=20010AB235195AMD)
6. **09/27/02 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2351&version=20010AB235193CHP)
7. **AB2351** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2351)
8. **08/31/02 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2351&version=20010AB235194ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 2351 Canciamilla Special Consent Calendar 2nd Day — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Judiciary. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- SPECIAL CONSENT CALE AB2351 Canciamilla By Sher — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 2351 Canciamilla Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Canciamilla — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 995, Statutes of 2002.
- **2002-09-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2002-09-17** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11 a.m.
- **2002-08-31** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 8675.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2002-08-28** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
- **2002-08-28** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 5861.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-08-27** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-08-26** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-3`
- **2002-08-22** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.). Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, committee-passage-favorable, reading-1, committee-passage`
- **2002-08-15** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **2002-08-08** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2002-08-05** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 5). Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-1, referral-committee, committee-passage, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-06-18** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on ENV. QUAL. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-06-13** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2002-06-12** Referred to Com. on ENV. QUAL. `referral-committee`
- **2002-05-24** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2002-05-23** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 69. Noes 0. Page 6320.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-05-23** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 24. Noes 0.) (May 22). Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, committee-passage-favorable, reading-1, committee-passage`
- **2002-05-15** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2002-05-02** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations by unanimous consent. `referral-committee`
- **2002-04-25** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2002-04-23** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2002-04-22** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Judiciary (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 16). `amendment-introduction, referral-committee, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2002-03-18** Referred to Standing Committee on Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials and Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2002-02-22** From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
- **2002-02-21** Assembly Rule 49(a) suspended. 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/92071cbf-5334-4b98-b501-8d9132b4c928`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).