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Bill	Forestry and fire protection: land purchases and property use.	Existing law authorizes the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (department) , with the approval of the Department of General Services, to purchase land for lookout sites and for other administrative purposes.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20112012	AB 2544	California AB 2544 (20112012)	bill	Forestry and fire protection: land purchases and property use.	enacted	Gordon	5	22	6	2012-02-24	2012-09-13	openstates	ocd-bill/63133e3f-6df5-4acb-a827-3eb1d4045bbf	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2544	dd8efe8af49d04e54d5f42a57b917454cb767bf7f09eeb3ad10eb73c4e88066c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 2544 (20112012) — Forestry and fire protection: land purchases and property use.

Existing law authorizes the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (department) , with the approval of the Department of General Services, to purchase land for lookout sites and for other administrative purposes.

Version chain

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

1. 02/24/12 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 06/27/12 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 09/13/12 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
4. AB2544 (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/20/12 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass. — 12–5 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — 6–1 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — 6–3 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB2544 Gordon By Evans — 36–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 2544 GORDON Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 66–8 (pass) · lower
• AB 2544 GORDON Assembly Third Reading — 51–22 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Gordon — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2012-02-24 Introduced. To print. introduction
• 2012-02-26 From printer. May be heard in committee March 27.
• 2012-02-27 Read first time. reading-1
• 2012-03-19 Referred to Com. on NAT. RES. referral-committee
• 2012-04-17 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 3.) (April 16). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2012-05-02 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (May 2). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2012-05-03 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2012-05-10 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 51. Noes 22. Page 4772.) reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2012-05-10 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2012-05-24 Referred to Com. on N.R. & W. referral-committee
• 2012-06-04 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2012-06-20 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2012-06-27 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. reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2012-07-03 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (July 3). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2012-08-06 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage
• 2012-08-07 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2012-08-13 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 4481.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2012-08-13 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 15 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2012-08-16 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 66. Noes 8. Page 5959.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2012-08-21 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:05 p.m.
• 2012-09-13 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2012-09-13 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 306, Statutes of 2012.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/63133e3f-6df5-4acb-a827-3eb1d4045bbf. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).