republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/19992000/ab-238.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Importation: bullfrogs and turtles: local regulation."
description: "Importation: bullfrogs and turtles: local regulation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 238"
citation: "California AB 238 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Importation: bullfrogs and turtles: local regulation."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Honda"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 35
vote_count: 8
first_action: "1999-01-28"
last_action: "2000-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8160a9b1-ae92-4368-89c5-7399b6a8e65e"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB238"
source_hash: "edd658300a385a6b8289de5862422d0cd20623e18d4f9a936a76f8678e53d792"
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 238 (19992000) — Importation: bullfrogs and turtles: local regulation.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/28/99 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB238&version=19990AB23899INT)
2. **01/03/00 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB238&version=19990AB23896AMD)
3. **03/11/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB238&version=19990AB23898AMD)
4. **04/07/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB238&version=19990AB23897AMD)
5. **07/05/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB238&version=19990AB23895AMD)
6. **08/28/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB238&version=19990AB23894AMD)
7. **09/30/00 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB238&version=19990AB23892CHP)
8. **AB238** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB238)
9. **08/30/00 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB238&version=19990AB23893ENR)

## Votes

- Assembly 3rd Reading AB238 Honda By Dunn — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 238 HONDA THIRD READING — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Rules. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 238 HONDA CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB238 Honda Dunn — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 238 HONDA CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Honda — primary (person)
- Machado — author (person)
- Migden — coauthor (person)
- Romero — coauthor (person)
- Shelley — coauthor (person)
- Washington — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2000-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 1062, Statutes of 2000.
- **2000-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2000-09-11** Enrolled and to the Governor at 9:30 a.m.
- **2000-08-30** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 58. Noes 9. Page 8755.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2000-08-29** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2000-08-29** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 23. Noes 14. Page 6227.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-08-28** Action rescinded whereby the bill was read third time, passed, and to Assembly. Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2000-08-28** In Senate. Held at Desk.
- **2000-08-25** Withdrawn from Enrollment. Action rescinded whereby the Assembly concurred in Senate amendments and whereby the bill was ordered to enrollment. Ordered returned to Senate.
- **2000-08-24** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2000-08-23** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 25 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. Assembly Rule 77 suspended.
- **2000-08-23** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 23. Noes 8. Page 5917.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-08-18** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. Read second time. To third reading. `committee-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-08-08** Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2000-07-05** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2000-07-03** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Rules (Ayes 6. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2000-03-14** In committee: Set, first hearing. Further hearing to be set.
- **2000-02-03** Referred to Standing Committee on Natural Resources And Water. `referral-committee`
- **2000-01-24** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2000-01-24** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 46. Noes 11. Page 4913.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-01-20** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-01-19** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (January 19). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2000-01-11** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 9. Noes 2.) (January 11). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2000-01-10** (Corrected January 6. )
- **2000-01-05** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Water, Parks and Wildlife. `referral-committee`
- **2000-01-03** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Water, Parks and Wildlife Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-04-14** In committee: Held under submission.
- **1999-04-08** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Water, Parks and Wildlife. `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-07** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Water, Parks and Wildlife Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-03-24** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **1999-03-15** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Water, Parks and Wildlife. `referral-committee`
- **1999-03-11** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Water, Parks and Wildlife Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-02-04** Referred to Standing Committee on Water, Parks and Wildlife. `referral-committee`
- **1999-02-01** From printer. May be heard in committee March 3.
- **1999-01-28** 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/8160a9b1-ae92-4368-89c5-7399b6a8e65e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).