republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20012002/ab-436.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Resources and environmental protection: California Environmental Quality Act: focused environmental impact reports."
description: "Resources and environmental protection: California Environmental Quality Act: focused environmental impact reports."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 436"
citation: "California AB 436 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Resources and environmental protection: California Environmental Quality Act: focused environmental impact reports."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chan"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 25
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2001-02-20"
last_action: "2001-10-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1b45a2e6-aa0f-4787-8d05-c7d4b7645595"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB436"
source_hash: "987aa7597d747b97262427676d8fe45f870f9927c40586b5b3e6cfb0a01748a0"
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 436 (20012002) — Resources and environmental protection: California Environmental Quality Act: focused environmental impact reports.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/20/01 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB436&version=20010AB43699INT)
2. **05/23/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB436&version=20010AB43698AMD)
3. **06/28/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB436&version=20010AB43697AMD)
4. **08/20/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB436&version=20010AB43696AMD)
5. **09/07/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB436&version=20010AB43695AMD)
6. **10/11/01 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB436&version=20010AB43693CHP)
7. **AB436** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB436)
8. **09/13/01 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB436&version=20010AB43694ENR)

## Votes

- Senate amendments be concurred in. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB436 Chan By Perata — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 436 BUDGET Assembly Third Reading By Cardenas — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 436 Chan Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chan — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-10-11** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 701, Statutes of 2001.
- **2001-10-10** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2001-10-01** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
- **2001-09-13** Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 3868.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2001-09-12** From committee: With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (September 12). `committee-passage`
- **2001-09-12** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Natural Resources pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee`
- **2001-09-12** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 14 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2001-09-12** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2795.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-09-10** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-09-07** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-3`
- **2001-08-28** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-08-27** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2001-08-21** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2001-08-20** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on ENV. QUAL. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-07-03** Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Com. on ENV. QUAL. `referral-committee`
- **2001-06-28** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-06-05** Referred to Standing Committee on Rules. `referral-committee`
- **2001-05-25** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2001-05-25** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 48. Noes 0. Page 1839.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-05-24** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-05-23** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2001-05-22** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 15. Noes 10.) (May 22). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2001-03-05** Referred to Standing Committee on Budget. `referral-committee`
- **2001-02-21** From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
- **2001-02-20** 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/1b45a2e6-aa0f-4787-8d05-c7d4b7645595`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).