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type: "Bill"
title: "State parks and wilderness areas."
description: "State parks and wilderness areas."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 2945"
citation: "California AB 2945 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["State parks and wilderness areas."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Laird"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 28
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2008-02-22"
last_action: "2008-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/65010ae2-e533-40da-ad59-d9b5d43d8fbe"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2945"
source_hash: "c23d0aa50eeff9f6ae678a7ec2c1b7cbd0794d14290639341ac1e45939992b7a"
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 2945 (20072008) — State parks and wilderness areas.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **02/22/08 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2945&version=20070AB294599INT)
2. **05/06/08 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2945&version=20070AB294598AMD)
3. **06/18/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2945&version=20070AB294597AMD)
4. **07/01/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2945&version=20070AB294596AMD)
5. **08/06/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2945&version=20070AB294595AMD)
6. **08/14/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2945&version=20070AB294594AMD)
7. **08/22/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2945&version=20070AB294593AMD)
8. **09/30/08 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2945&version=20070AB294591CHP)
9. **AB2945** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2945)
10. **09/09/08 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2945&version=20070AB294592ENR)
## Votes
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB2945 Laird By Maldonado — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 2945 Laird Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 2945 LAIRD Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Laird — primary (person)
- Evans — coauthor (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`
- **2008-04-01** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Water, Parks and Wildlife by unanimous consent. `referral-committee`
- **2008-04-16** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 9. Noes 3.) (April 15). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2008-05-05** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 15. Noes 1.) (April 30). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2008-05-06** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage`
- **2008-05-07** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-05-15** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 65. Noes 7. Page 5162.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-05-15** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2008-05-22** Referred to Standing Committee on Natural Resources And Water. `referral-committee`
- **2008-06-04** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2008-06-18** 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, reading-2, amendment-introduction, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2008-06-30** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) . `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2008-07-01** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2008-08-05** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and be amended. `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2008-08-06** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage`
- **2008-08-14** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-1, reading-3, amendment-passage`
- **2008-08-18** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-08-22** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-1, reading-3, amendment-passage`
- **2008-08-25** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-08-27** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 26. Noes 13. Page 5408.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-08-30** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2008-08-30** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 55. Noes 20. Page 7077.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2008-09-23** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2008-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2008-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 689, Statutes of 2008.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/65010ae2-e533-40da-ad59-d9b5d43d8fbe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).