republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20012002/ab-2401.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public resources: state park land acquisition."
description: "Public resources: state park land acquisition."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 2401"
citation: "California AB 2401 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public resources: state park land acquisition."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Thomson"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 21
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2002-02-21"
last_action: "2002-09-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/86b084a0-e2cf-4650-8405-978dea232825"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2401"
source_hash: "efb7bcb79d25fbf76740ee172723caf59abd964bf809969fbe47bad04a15a23c"
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 2401 (20012002) — Public resources: state park land acquisition.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/21/02 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2401&version=20010AB240199INT)
2. **04/30/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2401&version=20010AB240198AMD)
3. **05/23/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2401&version=20010AB240197AMD)
4. **08/05/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2401&version=20010AB240196AMD)
5. **08/14/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2401&version=20010AB240195AMD)
6. **09/15/02 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2401&version=20010AB240193CHP)
7. **AB2401** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2401)
8. **08/25/02 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2401&version=20010AB240194ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 2401 Thomson Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB2401 Thomson By Alpert — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 2401 Thomson Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Thomson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-09-15** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 565, Statutes of 2002.
- **2002-09-14** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2002-09-09** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2002-08-25** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 49. Noes 26. Page 8066.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2002-08-22** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 24 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2002-08-22** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 21. Noes 10. Page 5629.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-08-14** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2002-08-13** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and be amended. `amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2002-08-05** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (August 5). Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-1, referral-committee, committee-passage, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-06-12** Referred to Standing Committee on Natural Resources And Water. `referral-committee`
- **2002-06-03** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2002-05-30** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 51. Noes 28. Page 6617.) `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 19. Noes 5.) (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`
- **2002-05-07** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2002-04-30** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2002-04-29** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 15. Noes 3.) (April 23). `amendment-introduction, referral-committee, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2002-03-14** Referred to Standing Committee on Water, Parks and Wildlife. `referral-committee`
- **2002-02-24** From printer. May be heard in committee March 26.
- **2002-02-21** Assembly Rule 49(a) suspended. 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/86b084a0-e2cf-4650-8405-978dea232825`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).