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Bill	Public resources: fire prevention and control: forest protection.	Public resources: fire prevention and control: forest protection.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20072008	AB 2859	California AB 2859 (20072008)	bill	Public resources: fire prevention and control: forest protection.	enacted	Gaines	8	28	6	2008-02-22	2008-09-27	openstates	ocd-bill/db5af331-4d8e-4c9f-94cd-360cc36285cf	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2859	280e4359380d619d713cfc858201ebbf9783b7f5dc73393cdc1d0d92b1736de0	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 2859 (20072008) — Public resources: fire prevention and control: forest protection.

Version chain

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

1. 02/22/08 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/08/08 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/23/08 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 05/07/08 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/11/08 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/27/08 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
7. AB2859 (committee substitute) — source
8. 08/22/08 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — pass (pass) · upper
• Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — pass (pass) · lower
• AB 2859 GAINES Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — pass (pass) · lower
• Special Consent #36 AB2859 Gaines By Aanestad — pass (pass) · upper
• AB 2859 GAINES Concurrence in Senate Amendments — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Gaines — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2008-02-22 Introduced. To print. introduction
• 2008-02-24 From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
• 2008-02-25 Read first time. reading-1
• 2008-03-13 Referred to Standing Committee on Natural Resources. referral-committee
• 2008-04-08 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Natural Resources Read second time and amended. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, referral-committee
• 2008-04-09 Re-referred to Standing Committee on Natural Resources. referral-committee
• 2008-04-22 From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 14). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2008-04-23 Read second time and amended. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage
• 2008-04-28 Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. referral-committee
• 2008-05-07 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Read second time and amended. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, referral-committee
• 2008-05-08 Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. referral-committee
• 2008-05-15 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 14). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2008-05-19 Read second time. To Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2008-05-22 Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 5273.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2008-05-22 In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. reading-1
• 2008-05-29 Referred to Standing Committee on Natural Resources And Water. referral-committee
• 2008-06-16 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2008-06-25 From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) . committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2008-08-04 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage
• 2008-08-05 Read second time. To third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2008-08-11 Read third time, amended. To second reading. reading-1, reading-3, amendment-passage
• 2008-08-12 Read second time. To third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2008-08-14 Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5064.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2008-08-15 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 17 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2008-08-19 Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 6682.) committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2008-09-18 Enrolled and to the Governor at 9:30 a.m.
• 2008-09-27 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2008-09-27 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 365, Statutes of 2008.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/db5af331-4d8e-4c9f-94cd-360cc36285cf. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).