republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20212022/ab-2022.md

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Bill	State government.	Existing law establishes the Natural Resources Agency, which consists of various departments and commissions, including the Department of Conservation, Department of Parks and Recreation, and State Lands Commission. Existing law vests in the agency various powers, including those related to conservation of lands. Pursuant to the agency's general authority, the agency established the California Advisory Committee on Geographic Names to be a liaison to the United States Board on Geographic Names. The duties, powers, and responsibilities of the committee are established by its internal charter.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20212022	AB 2022	California AB 2022 (20212022)	bill	State government.	enacted	Ramos	8	29	9	2022-02-14	2022-09-23	openstates	ocd-bill/bd8c1b1b-291c-4634-bdba-0fe70905e70d	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2022	b0bf28adca7db719bbb7ac173f220ac9c6ac73e9d759a553401e06a809605068	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 2022 (20212022) — State government.

Existing law establishes the Natural Resources Agency, which consists of various departments and commissions, including the Department of Conservation, Department of Parks and Recreation, and State Lands Commission. Existing law vests in the agency various powers, including those related to conservation of lands. Pursuant to the agency's general authority, the agency established the California Advisory Committee on Geographic Names to be a liaison to the United States Board on Geographic Names. The duties, powers, and responsibilities of the committee are established by its internal charter.

Version chain

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

1. 02/14/22 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/19/22 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 05/19/22 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/21/22 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/01/22 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/23/22 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
7. AB2022 (committee substitute) — source
8. 08/29/22 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass as amended. — 12–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 13–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Governmental Organization] — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading AB2022 Ramos et al. By Skinner — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 15–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 2022 Ramos Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 75–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 2022 Ramos Assembly Third Reading — 75–0 (pass) · lower
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Ramos — primary (person)
• Akilah Weber — coauthor (person)
• Arambula — coauthor (person)
• Calderon — coauthor (person)
• Carrillo — coauthor (person)
• Cristina Garcia — author (person)
• Durazo — coauthor (person)
• Eggman — coauthor (person)
• Gipson — coauthor (person)
• Limón — coauthor (person)
• Mathis — coauthor (person)
• Quirk-Silva — coauthor (person)
• Skinner — coauthor (person)
• Ting — coauthor (person)
• Villapudua — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-02-14 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2022-02-15 From printer. May be heard in committee March 17.
• 2022-03-24 Referred to Com. on W.,P., & W. referral-committee
• 2022-04-19 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on W.,P., & W. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-04-20 Re-referred to Com. on W.,P., & W. referral-committee
• 2022-04-26 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2022-05-11 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file. referral-committee
• 2022-05-19 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (May 19). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
• 2022-05-19 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-05-23 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-05-26 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2022-05-27 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2022-06-08 Referred to Coms. on N.R. & W., G.O. and GOV. & F. referral-committee
• 2022-06-09 Action rescinded whereby the bill was referred to Com. on GOV. & F. referral-committee
• 2022-06-20 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on G.O. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 20). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2022-06-21 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on G.O. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2022-06-29 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (June 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2022-07-20 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2022-08-01 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-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2022-08-08 In committee: Referred to suspense file. referral-committee
• 2022-08-11 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 11). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-08-11 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-08-24 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 5053.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2022-08-24 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 26 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2022-08-25 Assembly Rule 77(a) suspended.
• 2022-08-25 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 75. Noes 0.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-08-31 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2022-09-23 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2022-09-23 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 479, Statutes of 2022. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/bd8c1b1b-291c-4634-bdba-0fe70905e70d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).