republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20012002/ab-953.md

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Bill	Park and open-space districts.	Park and open-space districts.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20012002	AB 953	California AB 953 (20012002)	bill	Park and open-space districts.	enacted	Simitian	7	22	5	2001-02-23	2002-04-17	openstates	ocd-bill/a8bc4a0e-f4c8-4350-9947-60f011719fcb	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB953	ddce245c9f4c609cd32d56a55fcaf0bd0f6d9b6009d2a50e6320e1b49a5fe9c2	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 953 (20012002) — Park and open-space districts.

Version chain

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

1. 02/23/01 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 01/07/02 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 02/26/02 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 04/01/02 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 04/17/02 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. AB953 (committee substitute) — source
7. 04/08/02 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass as amended. — pass (pass) · upper
• Assembly 3rd Reading AB953 Simitian By Chesbro — pass (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — pass (pass) · lower
• AB 953 Simitian Concurrence in Senate Amendments — pass (pass) · lower
• AB 953 Simitian Assembly Third Reading — pass (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Simitian — primary (person)
• Chesbro — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2002-04-17 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 23, Statutes of 2002.
• 2002-04-17 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2002-04-11 Enrolled and to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
• 2002-04-08 Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 64. Noes 3. Page 5368.) committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2002-04-04 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after April 6 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2002-04-04 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. (Ayes 28. Noes 0. Page 3662.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2002-04-01 Read second time, amended, and to third reading. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2002-03-21 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2002-03-04 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2002-02-26 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Local Government. reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage
• 2002-02-07 Referred to Standing Committee on Local Government. referral-committee
• 2002-01-28 In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. reading-1
• 2002-01-28 Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 69. Noes 5. Page 4596.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2002-01-14 Read second time. To third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2002-01-10 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (January 9). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2002-01-08 Re-referred to Standing Committee on Local Government. referral-committee
• 2002-01-07 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Local Government Read second time and amended. reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage
• 2001-04-04 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2001-03-12 Referred to Standing Committee on Local Government. 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; origin ocd-bill/a8bc4a0e-f4c8-4350-9947-60f011719fcb. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).