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Bill	Aeronautics: meteorological towers.	(1) Existing law, the State Aeronautics Act, governs aeronautics in this state. One of the purposes of the act is to further and protect the public interest in aeronautics and aeronautical progress by fostering and promoting safety in aeronautics.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20112012	AB 511	California AB 511 (20112012)	bill	Aeronautics: meteorological towers.	enacted	Yamada	7	27	8	2011-02-15	2012-08-27	openstates	ocd-bill/1cc2edac-8c67-4dfb-8b9e-503ebbba2500	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB511	ea89abb7ff13afa4b4da3eafdf5c662d4e3e48c4832297f5b76f2b530dec7dcb	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 511 (20112012) — Aeronautics: meteorological towers.

(1) Existing law, the State Aeronautics Act, governs aeronautics in this state. One of the purposes of the act is to further and protect the public interest in aeronautics and aeronautical progress by fostering and promoting safety in aeronautics.

Version chain

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

1. 02/15/11 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/31/11 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/13/11 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/04/12 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/27/12 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. AB511 (committee substitute) — source
7. 08/13/12 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Set, first hearing. Failed passage in Committee. Reconsideration granted. — 9–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 511 YAMADA Consent Calendar Second Day — 78–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — 16–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — 9–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 511 YAMADA Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 78–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — 9–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — 2–7 (fail) · upper
• Special Consent #15 — 36–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Yamada — primary (person)
• Halderman — principal coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2011-02-15 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2011-02-16 From printer. May be heard in committee March 18.
• 2011-03-31 Referred to Com. on B., P. & C.P. referral-committee
• 2011-03-31 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on B., P. & C.P. Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2011-04-04 Re-referred to Com. on B., P. & C.P. referral-committee
• 2011-04-13 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on B., P. & C.P. Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2011-04-14 Re-referred to Com. on B., P. & C.P. referral-committee
• 2011-04-26 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2011-05-12 From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 11). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2011-05-16 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2011-05-19 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 1450.) reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2011-05-19 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2011-06-02 Referred to Com. on T. & H. referral-committee
• 2011-06-21 In committee: Testimony taken. Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2011-07-05 In committee: Set first hearing. Failed passage. Reconsideration granted.
• 2012-06-04 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on T. & H. reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2012-06-07 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2012-06-20 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2012-07-02 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage
• 2012-07-03 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2012-07-05 Ordered to special consent calendar.
• 2012-07-06 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 4320.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2012-08-06 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 8 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2012-08-09 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 5835.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2012-08-15 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:10 p.m.
• 2012-08-27 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2012-08-27 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 182, Statutes of 2012.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1cc2edac-8c67-4dfb-8b9e-503ebbba2500. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).