republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20172018/ab-2126.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "California Conservation Corps: forestry corps program."
description: "Existing law establishes the California Conservation Corps in the Natural Resources Agency and requires the corps to implement and administer the conservation corps program. Existing law requires the Governor to appoint a director to act as the administrative officer of the corps. Existing law authorizes the director to employ special corps members without regard to their ages so that the corps may draw upon their special skills that may contribute to the attainment of the objectives of the program. Existing law provides that these special members may be assigned to headquarters, as well as field positions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "AB 2126"
citation: "California AB 2126 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["California Conservation Corps: forestry corps program."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Eggman"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 28
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2018-02-08"
last_action: "2018-09-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b031180d-eaaf-44b4-b176-f268e655dc9a"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2126"
source_hash: "b07b65ed7981127792c0d5ac24b7f13fc15e380805bd78da4fac44ae135e542f"
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 2126 (20172018) — California Conservation Corps: forestry corps program.

Existing law establishes the California Conservation Corps in the Natural Resources Agency and requires the corps to implement and administer the conservation corps program. Existing law requires the Governor to appoint a director to act as the administrative officer of the corps. Existing law authorizes the director to employ special corps members without regard to their ages so that the corps may draw upon their special skills that may contribute to the attainment of the objectives of the program. Existing law provides that these special members may be assigned to headquarters, as well as field positions.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/08/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2126&version=20170AB212699INT)
2. **03/15/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2126&version=20170AB212698AMD)
3. **06/14/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2126&version=20170AB212697AMD)
4. **08/06/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2126&version=20170AB212696AMD)
5. **08/24/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2126&version=20170AB212695AMD)
6. **09/21/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2126&version=20170AB212693CHP)
7. **AB2126** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2126)
8. **09/04/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2126&version=20170AB212694ENR)

## Votes

- AB 2126 EGGMAN Assembly Third Reading — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 2126 EGGMAN Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **80–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB2126 Eggman et al. By McGuire — **38–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Eggman — primary (person)
- Acosta — coauthor (person)
- Melendez — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-08** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2018-02-09** From printer. May be heard in committee March 11.
- **2018-03-15** Referred to Com. on NAT. RES. `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-15** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on NAT. RES. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-03-19** Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES. `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-10** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 9). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2018-04-18** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-25** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 25). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-05-25** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-05-29** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 5406.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-05-30** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2018-06-07** Referred to Com. on N.R. & W. `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-14** 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-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction`
- **2018-06-26** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2018-08-06** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction`
- **2018-08-06** In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2018-08-17** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 16). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-08-17** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-08-21** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2018-08-23** Ordered to third reading.
- **2018-08-24** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2018-08-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-08-29** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 5982.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-08-29** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2018-08-30** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 7014.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2018-09-11** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2018-09-21** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-09-21** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 635, Statutes of 2018.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b031180d-eaaf-44b4-b176-f268e655dc9a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).