---
type: "Bill"
title: "Environmental prosecution."
description: "Environmental prosecution."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 2486"
citation: "California AB 2486 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Environmental prosecution."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Keeley"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 26
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2002-02-21"
last_action: "2002-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2bd7a5a4-0242-4089-bcff-ea6c835d8db0"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2486"
source_hash: "c1e980488bdec647fa23d492eac0e5a0a58c5de9538c3759b55a5876e5e8c2de"
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 2486 (20012002) — Environmental prosecution.

## 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=200120020AB2486&version=20010AB248699INT)
2. **04/09/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2486&version=20010AB248698AMD)
3. **05/13/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2486&version=20010AB248697AMD)
4. **06/19/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2486&version=20010AB248696AMD)
5. **06/29/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2486&version=20010AB248695AMD)
6. **08/22/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2486&version=20010AB248694AMD)
7. **09/27/02 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2486&version=20010AB248692CHP)
8. **AB2486** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2486)
9. **08/28/02 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2486&version=20010AB248693ENR)

## Votes

- Assembly 3rd Reading AB2486 Keeley By Chesbro — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 2486 Keeley Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Public Safety. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 2486 Keeley Assembly Third Reading FILE 15 — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 2486 Keeley Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Keeley — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 1000, Statutes of 2002.
- **2002-09-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2002-09-10** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2002-08-28** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 65. Noes 13. Page 8307.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2002-08-27** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 29 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2002-08-27** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 25. Noes 11. Page 5778.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-08-22** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. 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.
- **2002-06-29** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2002-06-28** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 5. Noes 0.). `amendment-introduction, referral-committee, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2002-06-19** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2002-06-18** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Public Safety (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 18). `amendment-introduction, referral-committee, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2002-06-04** Referred to ENV. QUAL. and Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2002-05-30** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2002-05-29** Reconsideration granted. (Page 6535.) Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 65. Noes 12. Page 6535.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-05-23** Read third time and passed. (Ayes 70. Noes 4. Page 6287.) Motion to reconsider made by Assembly Member Keeley. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-05-20** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-05-16** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 23. Noes 0.) (May 15). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2002-05-14** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2002-05-13** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Read second time and amended. `reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-04-17** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 16). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2002-04-10** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2002-04-09** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Public Safety Read second time and amended. `reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-03-18** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `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/2bd7a5a4-0242-4089-bcff-ea6c835d8db0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).