republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20012002/ab-2472.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Pesticides."
description: "Pesticides."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 2472"
citation: "California AB 2472 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Pesticides."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Simitian"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 27
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2002-02-21"
last_action: "2002-08-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/291870c4-9636-422c-9628-d117653a1f96"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2472"
source_hash: "89c1cff6bfcea7e806934ccff5c521b1166c4af6893cae5e06cf02edcbc61fa6"
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 2472 (20012002) — Pesticides.

## 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=200120020AB2472&version=20010AB247299INT)
2. **04/11/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2472&version=20010AB247298AMD)
3. **05/01/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2472&version=20010AB247297AMD)
4. **05/14/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2472&version=20010AB247296AMD)
5. **05/21/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2472&version=20010AB247295AMD)
6. **08/26/02 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2472&version=20010AB247293CHP)
7. **AB2472** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2472)
8. **08/12/02 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2472&version=20010AB247294ENR)

## Votes

- AB 2472 Simitian Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Rules. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB2472 Simitian By Chesbro — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Simitian — primary (person)
- Nation — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-08-26** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 242, Statutes of 2002.
- **2002-08-24** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2002-08-16** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2002-08-12** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2002-08-12** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 21. Noes 13. Page 5356.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-08-07** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-08-06** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 1.) (August 5). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2002-07-01** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2002-06-18** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 18). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2002-06-12** Referred to Com. on ENV. QUAL. `referral-committee`
- **2002-05-30** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2002-05-29** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 4. Page 6495.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-05-28** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-05-24** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 23). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2002-05-23** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice waived.
- **2002-05-22** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2002-05-21** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2002-05-20** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (May 16). `amendment-introduction, referral-committee, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2002-05-16** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules. `referral-committee`
- **2002-05-14** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Rules Read second time and amended. `reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-05-08** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules. `referral-committee`
- **2002-05-01** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2002-04-30** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Rules (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 23). `amendment-introduction, referral-committee, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2002-04-15** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials. `referral-committee`
- **2002-04-11** Referred to Standing Committee on Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials and Standing Committee on Rules From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials Read second time and amended. `reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-02-24** From printer. May be heard in committee March 26.
- **2002-02-21** 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/291870c4-9636-422c-9628-d117653a1f96`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).