---
type: "Bill"
title: "Park and open-space districts."
description: "Park and open-space districts."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 953"
citation: "California AB 953 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Park and open-space districts."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Simitian"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 22
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2001-02-23"
last_action: "2002-04-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a8bc4a0e-f4c8-4350-9947-60f011719fcb"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB953"
source_hash: "ddce245c9f4c609cd32d56a55fcaf0bd0f6d9b6009d2a50e6320e1b49a5fe9c2"
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 953 (20012002) — Park and open-space districts.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/23/01 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB953&version=20010AB95399INT)
2. **01/07/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB953&version=20010AB95398AMD)
3. **02/26/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB953&version=20010AB95397AMD)
4. **04/01/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB953&version=20010AB95396AMD)
5. **04/17/02 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB953&version=20010AB95394CHP)
6. **AB953** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB953)
7. **04/08/02 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB953&version=20010AB95395ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB953 Simitian By Chesbro — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 953 Simitian Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 953 Simitian Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Simitian — primary (person)
- Chesbro — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-04-17** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 23, Statutes of 2002.
- **2002-04-17** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2002-04-11** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2002-04-08** Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 64. Noes 3. Page 5368.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2002-04-04** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after April 6 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2002-04-04** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. (Ayes 28. Noes 0. Page 3662.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-04-01** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2002-03-21** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2002-03-04** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2002-02-26** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Local Government. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-02-07** Referred to Standing Committee on Local Government. `referral-committee`
- **2002-01-28** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2002-01-28** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 69. Noes 5. Page 4596.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-01-14** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-01-10** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (January 9). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2002-01-08** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Local Government. `referral-committee`
- **2002-01-07** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Local Government Read second time and amended. `reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-04-04** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2001-03-12** Referred to Standing Committee on Local Government. `referral-committee`
- **2001-02-26** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2001-02-25** From printer. May be heard in committee March 27.
- **2001-02-23** 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/a8bc4a0e-f4c8-4350-9947-60f011719fcb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).