republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20012002/ab-15.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Land use: business license."
description: "Land use: business license."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 15"
citation: "California AB 15 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Land use: business license."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Harman"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 35
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2000-12-04"
last_action: "2002-09-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d0c9f45e-c1b6-4fcd-bf42-1195c81f201c"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB15"
source_hash: "33508a83fe4c13427d8b9bac8d6000663464632e59e1531cafa46872a2a3ea21"
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 15 (20012002) — Land use: business license.

## Version chain

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

1. **12/04/00 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB15&version=20010AB1599INT)
2. **04/16/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB15&version=20010AB1598AMD)
3. **04/18/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB15&version=20010AB1597AMD)
4. **05/31/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB15&version=20010AB1596AMD)
5. **06/18/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB15&version=20010AB1594AMD)
6. **07/17/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB15&version=20010AB1595AMD)
7. **08/05/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB15&version=20010AB1593AMD)
8. **09/29/02 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB15&version=20010AB1591CHP)
9. **AB15** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB15)
10. **08/30/02 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB15&version=20010AB1592ENR)

## Votes

- AB 15 Harman Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 15 Harman Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Water, Parks and Wildlife. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Rules. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB15 Harman By Johnson — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Senate amendments be concurred in. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Harman — primary (person)
- Johnson — principal coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-09-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 1053, Statutes of 2002.
- **2002-09-29** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2002-09-16** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
- **2002-08-30** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 69. Noes 1. Page 8629.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2002-08-29** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Local Government pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. Joint Rule 62(a) suspended. From committee: With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 29). `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2002-08-28** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2002-08-28** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 1. Page 5873.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-08-26** Withdrawn from committee. Ordered placed on third reading file.
- **2002-08-21** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules. `referral-committee`
- **2002-08-19** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-08-15** Withdrawn from committee. Ordered placed on second reading file.
- **2002-08-07** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Rules Re-referred. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2002-08-05** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Local Government. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-07-02** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2002-06-24** Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Local Government. `referral-committee`
- **2002-06-19** Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules. `referral-committee`
- **2002-06-18** 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. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-08-20** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2001-07-17** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2001-07-16** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 5. Noes 1.). `amendment-introduction, referral-committee, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2001-06-28** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2001-06-12** Referred to Com. on ENV. QUAL. `referral-committee`
- **2001-06-06** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2001-06-05** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 2140.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-06-04** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-05-31** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 21. Noes 0.) (May 31). Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-05-29** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice waived. (Page 1856.)
- **2001-05-09** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-25** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 24). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2001-04-23** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Water, Parks and Wildlife. `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-18** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Water, Parks and Wildlife From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Water, Parks and Wildlife Read second time and amended. `reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-04-16** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Water, Parks and Wildlife (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 3). Read second time and amended. `reading-2, referral-committee, committee-passage, reading-1, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-02-22** Referred to Standing Committee on Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials and Standing Committee on Water, Parks and Wildlife. `referral-committee`
- **2000-12-05** From printer. May be heard in committee January 4.
- **2000-12-04** 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/d0c9f45e-c1b6-4fcd-bf42-1195c81f201c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).