---
type: "Bill"
title: "Sierra Nevada Conservancy."
description: "Sierra Nevada Conservancy."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 2600"
citation: "California AB 2600 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Sierra Nevada Conservancy."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Leslie"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 24
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2004-02-20"
last_action: "2004-09-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fcab98fc-7ccc-4df6-9151-ad80f012143a"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2600"
source_hash: "9c8c7dc853079890740583fc3c007fd703964742a9446bb30c7917e568ba4b2c"
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 2600 (20032004) — Sierra Nevada Conservancy.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/20/04 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2600&version=20030AB260099INT)
2. **04/13/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2600&version=20030AB260098AMD)
3. **05/20/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2600&version=20030AB260097AMD)
4. **08/18/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2600&version=20030AB260096AMD)
5. **09/23/04 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2600&version=20030AB260094CHP)
6. **AB2600** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2600)
7. **08/25/04 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2600&version=20030AB260095ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 2600 laird assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- placed on appropriations suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- author's amendments. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- assembly 3rd reading ab2600 leslie by mcpherson — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 2600 leslie concurrence in senate amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Leslie — primary (person)
- Laird — author (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-09-23** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 726, Statutes of 2004.
- **2004-09-23** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2004-09-07** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
- **2004-08-25** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 63. Noes 14. Page 7671.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2004-08-23** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 25 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2004-08-23** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 22. Noes 14. Page 5188.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-08-18** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-08-17** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 5.). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2004-08-04** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **2004-07-29** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2004-06-30** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 6. Noes 3.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2004-06-17** Joint Rule 61(b)(12) suspended. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 4208.)
- **2004-06-09** Referred to Standing Committee on Natural Resources And Water. `referral-committee`
- **2004-05-27** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2004-05-26** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 52. Noes 20. Page 6099.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-05-24** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-05-20** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 16. Noes 3.) (May 19). Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-05-05** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2004-04-20** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 4.) (April 19). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2004-04-14** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Natural Resources. `referral-committee`
- **2004-04-13** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Natural Resources Read second time and amended. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-03-08** Referred to Standing Committee on Natural Resources and Standing Committee on Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials. `referral-committee`
- **2004-02-22** From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
- **2004-02-20** 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/fcab98fc-7ccc-4df6-9151-ad80f012143a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).