republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20012002/ab-1608.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Plant quarantine and pest control."
description: "Plant quarantine and pest control."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 1608"
citation: "California AB 1608 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Plant quarantine and pest control."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Agriculture"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 24
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2001-02-23"
last_action: "2001-09-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/525c04ac-7031-4284-bbff-9dedbc4cad49"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1608"
source_hash: "123c86a78978ebb33025a3e4ec5a7155a35637bef22b00e62f04f6b70ba9ff9c"
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 1608 (20012002) — Plant quarantine and pest control.

## 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=200120020AB1608&version=20010AB160899INT)
2. **04/23/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1608&version=20010AB160898AMD)
3. **05/14/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1608&version=20010AB160897AMD)
4. **06/25/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1608&version=20010AB160896AMD)
5. **09/05/01 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1608&version=20010AB160894CHP)
6. **AB1608** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1608)
7. **08/20/01 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1608&version=20010AB160895ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1608 AGRI. Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent #21 AB1608 Committee on Agri. (Matthews) — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1608 AGRI. Concurrence in Senate Amendments By Matthews — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Committee on Agriculture — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-09-05** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 256, Statutes of 2001.
- **2001-09-05** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2001-08-24** Enrolled and to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2001-08-20** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 3079.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2001-07-23** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 25 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2001-07-21** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2175.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-07-16** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 2015.) Motion to reconsider made by Senator Burton. Reconsideration granted. (Page 2016.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-07-10** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-07-09** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2001-06-25** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2001-06-21** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 9. Noes 0.). `amendment-introduction, referral-committee, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2001-05-31** Referred to Com. on AGR. & WAT. RES. `referral-committee`
- **2001-05-17** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2001-05-17** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 1692.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-05-15** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-05-14** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2001-05-10** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. (May 9). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2001-04-25** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-23** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2001-04-19** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (April 18). `amendment-introduction, referral-committee, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2001-03-21** Referred to Standing Committee on Agriculture. `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/525c04ac-7031-4284-bbff-9dedbc4cad49`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).