---
type: "Bill"
title: "Sudden oak death."
description: "Sudden oak death."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 2251"
citation: "California AB 2251 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Sudden oak death."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nation"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 24
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2002-02-20"
last_action: "2002-09-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/27fe542e-12d4-41be-ba18-784118073ed7"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2251"
source_hash: "3588b7a9b0e976981228248c140b91eed4833f471eaa45181f66170e88927c3f"
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 2251 (20012002) — Sudden oak death.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/20/02 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2251&version=20010AB225199INT)
2. **04/09/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2251&version=20010AB225198AMD)
3. **04/25/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2251&version=20010AB225197AMD)
4. **05/23/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2251&version=20010AB225196AMD)
5. **08/13/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2251&version=20010AB225195AMD)
6. **09/25/02 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2251&version=20010AB225193CHP)
7. **AB2251** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2251)
8. **08/31/02 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2251&version=20010AB225194ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 2251 Nation Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB2251 Nation By Chesbro — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 2251 Nation Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Nation — primary (person)
- Chesbro — coauthor (person)
- Keeley — coauthor (person)
- Koretz — coauthor (person)
- McPherson — coauthor (person)
- Migden — author (person)
- Strom-Martin — coauthor (person)
- Wiggins — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-09-25** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 854, Statutes of 2002.
- **2002-09-25** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2002-09-17** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11 a.m.
- **2002-08-31** Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 8720.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2002-08-29** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2002-08-29** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. (Ayes 28. Noes 9. Page 5936.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-08-22** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 1.). Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, committee-passage-favorable, reading-1, committee-passage`
- **2002-08-13** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-08-05** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **2002-06-26** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2002-06-04** Referred to Standing Committee on Natural Resources And Water. `referral-committee`
- **2002-05-28** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2002-05-28** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 1. Page 6428.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-05-24** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-05-23** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 24. Noes 0.) (May 22). Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-05-15** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2002-05-01** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2002-04-25** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2002-04-24** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 15). `amendment-introduction, referral-committee, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2002-04-11** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Natural Resources. `referral-committee`
- **2002-04-09** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Natural Resources Read second time and amended. `reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-02-28** Referred to Standing Committee on Natural Resources. `referral-committee`
- **2002-02-21** From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
- **2002-02-20** 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/27fe542e-12d4-41be-ba18-784118073ed7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).