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Bill	Regulations: agency statement of reasons.	Existing law, the Administrative Procedure Act, governs the procedure for the adoption, amendment, or repeal of regulations by state agencies and for the review of those regulatory actions by the Office of Administrative Law.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20092010	AB 2738	California AB 2738 (20092010)	bill	Regulations: agency statement of reasons.	enacted	Niello	8	25	7	2010-02-19	2010-09-27	openstates	ocd-bill/98148759-e2e1-4658-9df4-1f6c601eae32	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2738	7a1a6ec83b12d5b85fc96880a68150c35013c72bda31675abca420c1fdca6243	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 2738 (20092010) — Regulations: agency statement of reasons.

Existing law, the Administrative Procedure Act, governs the procedure for the adoption, amendment, or repeal of regulations by state agencies and for the review of those regulatory actions by the Office of Administrative Law.

Version chain

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

1. 02/19/10 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 06/29/10 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 08/02/10 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 08/11/10 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/17/10 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/27/10 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
7. AB2738 (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/08/10 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Assembly 3rd Reading AB2738 Niello Urgency Clause — pass (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — pass (pass) · lower
• AB 2738 NIELLO Concurrence- Urgency Added — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · upper
• AB 2738 NIELLO Assembly Third Reading — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Rules. — pass (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Niello — 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 Com. on B. & P. referral-committee
• 2010-04-21 From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 10. Noes 1.) (April 20). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2010-05-06 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 5). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2010-05-10 Read second time. To third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2010-05-13 Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 5158.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2010-05-13 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2010-06-03 Referred to Coms. on G.O. and RLS. referral-committee
• 2010-06-28 From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Com. on RLS. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 22). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
• 2010-06-29 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-1
• 2010-08-02 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on RLS. amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-1
• 2010-08-05 Re-referred to Com. on EQ. referral-committee
• 2010-08-10 From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (August 9). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
• 2010-08-11 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-1
• 2010-08-16 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and be amended. amendment-passage, committee-passage
• 2010-08-17 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2010-08-25 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 4872.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2010-08-25 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 27 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2010-08-26 Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 6707.)
• 2010-08-27 Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 74. Noes 1. Page 6784.) amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2010-09-10 Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.
• 2010-09-25 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2010-09-27 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 398, Statutes of 2010.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/98148759-e2e1-4658-9df4-1f6c601eae32. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).