republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/19992000/ab-2117.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Watershed protection."
description: "Watershed protection."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 2117"
citation: "California AB 2117 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Watershed protection."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wayne"]
version_count: 13
action_count: 34
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2000-02-22"
last_action: "2000-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d9d9878e-c1bd-4044-9939-9353c1a329ec"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2117"
source_hash: "09df26eeeb0f197a888a917d7267e71487b8bad5bdf9c81e547f57b79c1f4f2a"
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 2117 (19992000) — Watershed protection.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/22/00 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2117&version=19990AB211799INT)
2. **03/27/00 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2117&version=19990AB211798AMD)
3. **04/12/00 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2117&version=19990AB211797AMD)
4. **05/03/00 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2117&version=19990AB211796AMD)
5. **05/16/00 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2117&version=19990AB211795AMD)
6. **05/26/00 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2117&version=19990AB211794AMD)
7. **06/21/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2117&version=19990AB211793AMD)
8. **08/08/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2117&version=19990AB211792AMD)
9. **08/18/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2117&version=19990AB211791AMD)
10. **08/28/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2117&version=19990AB211790AMD)
11. **09/27/00 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2117&version=19990AB211788CHP)
12. **AB2117** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2117)
13. **08/31/00 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2117&version=19990AB211789ENR)

## Votes

- Assembly 3rd Reading AB2117 Wayne By Dunn — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 2117 WAYNE CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 2117 WAYNE THIRD READING — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Rules. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Water, Parks and Wildlife. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Wayne — primary (person)
- Machado — coauthor (person)
- Strom-Martin — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2000-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 735, Statutes of 2000.
- **2000-09-25** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2000-09-14** Enrolled and to the Governor at 10 a.m.
- **2000-08-31** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 48. Noes 29. Page 8827.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2000-08-29** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2000-08-29** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 26. Noes 11. Page 6253.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-08-28** Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2000-08-25** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 2.). Read second time. To third reading. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-08-22** Joint Rule 61(b)(14) suspended.
- **2000-08-18** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2000-08-15** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **2000-08-08** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2000-08-07** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Rules (Ayes 6. Noes 2.). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2000-06-21** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Natural Resources And Water. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2000-06-08** Referred to Standing Committee on Natural Resources And Water. `referral-committee`
- **2000-06-01** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2000-05-31** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 53. Noes 22. Page 6888.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-05-30** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-05-26** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 15. Noes 6.) (May 24). Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-05-17** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2000-05-16** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-05-15** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 8. Noes 1.) (May 9). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2000-05-04** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Water, Parks and Wildlife. `referral-committee`
- **2000-05-03** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Water, Parks and Wildlife Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2000-04-27** Joint Rule 61 (b)(5) suspended.
- **2000-04-25** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2000-04-24** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Water, Parks and Wildlife. `referral-committee`
- **2000-04-12** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-04-11** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Water, Parks and Wildlife (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 3). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2000-03-28** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Natural Resources. `referral-committee`
- **2000-03-27** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Natural Resources Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2000-03-13** Referred to Standing Committee on Natural Resources and Standing Committee on Water, Parks and Wildlife. `referral-committee`
- **2000-02-23** From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
- **2000-02-22** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d9d9878e-c1bd-4044-9939-9353c1a329ec`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).