republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20172018/ab-2252.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "State grants: state grant administrator."
description: "The Grant Information Act of 1999 authorizes state agencies to make available on the Internet a listing, of all grants administered by that agency, that includes specified information and provides instructions on filing grant applications electronically, or on the manner in which to download, complete, and mail grant applications to the state agency, or both. The act also authorizes each state agency to make available on the Internet any printed grant application form used by the agency to award grants that are administered by that agency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "AB 2252"
citation: "California AB 2252 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State grants: state grant administrator."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Limón"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 26
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2018-02-13"
last_action: "2018-09-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/913ce36a-e6bc-49c0-977c-9b4a26c23940"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2252"
source_hash: "8db719ad3736555584d76bc647191407896d32ce9cfecf667aa4a49331c76e32"
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 2252 (20172018) — State grants: state grant administrator.

The Grant Information Act of 1999 authorizes state agencies to make available on the Internet a listing, of all grants administered by that agency, that includes specified information and provides instructions on filing grant applications electronically, or on the manner in which to download, complete, and mail grant applications to the state agency, or both. The act also authorizes each state agency to make available on the Internet any printed grant application form used by the agency to award grants that are administered by that agency.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/13/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2252&version=20170AB225299INT)
2. **03/14/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2252&version=20170AB225298AMD)
3. **04/03/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2252&version=20170AB225297AMD)
4. **06/14/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2252&version=20170AB225296AMD)
5. **08/17/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2252&version=20170AB225295AMD)
6. **09/10/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2252&version=20170AB225293CHP)
7. **AB2252** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2252)
8. **08/29/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2252&version=20170AB225294ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB2252 Limón By Hertzberg — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 2252 LIMÓN Assembly Third Reading — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 2252 LIMÓN Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **80–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **13–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Limón — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-13** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2018-02-14** From printer. May be heard in committee March 16.
- **2018-03-01** Referred to Com. on A. & A.R. `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-14** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on A. & A.R. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-03-15** Re-referred to Com. on A. & A.R. `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-02** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (March 21). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2018-04-03** Read second time and amended. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2`
- **2018-04-04** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-11** 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 5414.) `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 G.O. `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 G.O. `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 13. Noes 0.) (June 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2018-08-06** In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2018-08-17** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 16). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2018-08-17** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2`
- **2018-08-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-08-23** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5656.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-08-23** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 25 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2018-08-27** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 6647.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2018-09-05** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2018-09-10** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-09-10** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 318, Statutes of 2018.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/913ce36a-e6bc-49c0-977c-9b4a26c23940`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).