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Bill	Ocean resources: marine resources and preservation.	Existing law establishes a California Artificial Reef Program, administered by the Department of Fish and Game, to include the placement of artificial reefs, as defined, in state waters and a prescribed study of existing successful reefs and new reefs to determine design criteria.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20092010	AB 2503	California AB 2503 (20092010)	bill	Ocean resources: marine resources and preservation.	enacted	John A. Perez	11	36	7	2010-02-19	2010-09-30	openstates	ocd-bill/ea460d56-b6ee-4b92-975a-e5556eaf21f7	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2503	4740b3ad5c87b57419077a6b0542de8d93aa029eaf01c550341b01f6a3d4d3df	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 2503 (20092010) — Ocean resources: marine resources and preservation.

Existing law establishes a California Artificial Reef Program, administered by the Department of Fish and Game, to include the placement of artificial reefs, as defined, in state waters and a prescribed study of existing successful reefs and new reefs to determine design criteria.

Version chain

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

1. 02/19/10 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/05/10 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/20/10 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 05/28/10 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 06/21/10 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 08/10/10 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 08/17/10 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
8. 08/20/10 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
9. 09/30/10 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
10. AB2503 (committee substitute) — source
11. 09/13/10 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• AB 2503 PEREZ, J. Assembly Third Reading — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended. — pass (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Rules. — pass (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended. — pass (pass) · lower
• Assembly 3rd Reading AB2503 John A. Perez By Kehoe — pass (pass) · upper
• AB 2503 PEREZ, J. Concurrence in Senate Amendments — pass (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• John A. Perez — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2010-02-19 Introduced. To print. introduction
• 2010-02-21 From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
• 2010-02-22 Read first time. reading-1
• 2010-03-18 Referred to Coms. on W.,P. & W. and NAT. RES. referral-committee
• 2010-04-05 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on W.,P. & W. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2010-04-05 (Corrected April 12.)
• 2010-04-06 Re-referred to Com. on W.,P. & W. referral-committee
• 2010-04-19 From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (April 13). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
• 2010-04-20 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2010-04-21 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2010-05-05 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2010-05-19 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2010-05-28 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 28). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
• 2010-05-28 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2010-05-28 (Corrected June 15.)
• 2010-06-01 Read second time. To third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2010-06-02 Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 5477.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2010-06-03 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2010-06-10 Referred to Coms. on N.R. & W. and RLS. referral-committee
• 2010-06-16 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2010-06-21 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on N.R. & W. amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-1
• 2010-06-21 (Corrected July 1.)
• 2010-08-09 From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Com. on RLS. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 29). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
• 2010-08-10 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-1
• 2010-08-12 Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2010-08-16 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 10. Noes 1.) (August 12). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
• 2010-08-17 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2010-08-20 Read third time, amended. To second reading. reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2010-08-20 (Corrected August 23.)
• 2010-08-23 Read second time. To third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2010-08-25 Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 31. Noes 1. Page 4863.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2010-08-31 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
• 2010-08-31 Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 68. Noes 2. Page 6927.) amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2010-09-15 Enrolled and to the Governor at 4:45 p.m.
• 2010-09-30 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2010-09-30 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 687, Statutes of 2010.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ea460d56-b6ee-4b92-975a-e5556eaf21f7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).