republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20012002/ab-715.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Oil spill prevention and response: ballast water."
description: "Oil spill prevention and response: ballast water."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 715"
citation: "California AB 715 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Oil spill prevention and response: ballast water."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wayne"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 26
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2001-02-22"
last_action: "2001-10-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8c7f6f74-50cb-4801-8fea-034396603f9b"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB715"
source_hash: "c8fc05e3bdab787f70d7dc1f39f1f1f577e297cb5cf7cf4c87e2aec16f0b75e1"
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 715 (20012002) — Oil spill prevention and response: ballast water.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/22/01 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB715&version=20010AB71599INT)
2. **06/13/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB715&version=20010AB71598AMD)
3. **07/05/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB715&version=20010AB71597AMD)
4. **08/21/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB715&version=20010AB71596AMD)
5. **09/06/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB715&version=20010AB71595AMD)
6. **09/12/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB715&version=20010AB71594AMD)
7. **10/12/01 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB715&version=20010AB71592CHP)
8. **AB715** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB715)
9. **09/14/01 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB715&version=20010AB71593ENR)

## Votes

- AB 715 Wayne Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 715 Wayne Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB715 Wayne By Kuehl — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Wayne — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-10-12** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 748, Statutes of 2001.
- **2001-10-11** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2001-10-02** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2001-09-14** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 4001.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2001-09-14** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 2959.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-09-12** Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-3`
- **2001-09-12** Joint Rule 61(a)(12) suspended.
- **2001-09-07** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-09-06** 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 chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-08-20** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2001-07-05** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2001-07-03** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 8. Noes 0.). `amendment-introduction, referral-committee, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2001-06-13** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Natural Resources And Water. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-06-06** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2001-05-07** Referred to Standing Committee on Natural Resources And Water. `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-26** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2001-04-26** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 60. Noes 13. Page 1255.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-04-19** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-04-18** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 3.) (April 18). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2001-04-03** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 2). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2001-03-08** Referred to Standing Committee on Natural Resources. `referral-committee`
- **2001-02-25** From printer. May be heard in committee March 27.
- **2001-02-22** 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/8c7f6f74-50cb-4801-8fea-034396603f9b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).