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type: "Bill"
title: "Mining liens: definitions."
description: "The California Constitution provides that mechanics, persons furnishing materials, artisans, and laborers of every class have a lien upon the property upon which they have bestowed labor or furnished material for the value of the labor done and material furnished. The California Constitution also requires the Legislature to provide, by law, for the speedy and efficient enforcement of those liens."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 2654"
citation: "California AB 2654 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Mining liens: definitions."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Morrell"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 18
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2012-02-24"
last_action: "2012-09-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0af9af25-dee7-4050-b347-93319951e90f"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2654"
source_hash: "b12eb194f96bb5bfece4cc87c4c0ec89579bad3b19f9079ae4c1de9c43c26ee5"
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 2654 (20112012) — Mining liens: definitions.
The California Constitution provides that mechanics, persons furnishing materials, artisans, and laborers of every class have a lien upon the property upon which they have bestowed labor or furnished material for the value of the labor done and material furnished. The California Constitution also requires the Legislature to provide, by law, for the speedy and efficient enforcement of those liens.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **02/24/12 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2654&version=20110AB265499INT)
2. **06/11/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2654&version=20110AB265498AMD)
3. **08/07/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2654&version=20110AB265497AMD)
4. **09/07/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2654&version=20110AB265495CHP)
5. **AB2654** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2654)
6. **08/16/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2654&version=20110AB265496ENR)
## Votes
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **100** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar 2nd — **360** (pass) · upper
- AB 2654 MORRELL Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **790** (pass) · lower
- AB 2654 MORRELL Consent Calendar Second Day — **750** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. — **40** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Morrell — 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 JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2012-05-01** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (May 1). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-05-02** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-05-07** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 4716.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-05-07** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2012-05-17** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2012-06-11** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-08-06** From committee: Do pass as amended. To consent calendar. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (July 3). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-08-07** Read second time and amended. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-08-09** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 4444.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-08-09** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 11 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2012-08-13** Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 5894.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2012-08-20** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 5 p.m.
- **2012-09-07** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2012-09-07** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 263, Statutes of 2012.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0af9af25-dee7-4050-b347-93319951e90f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).