republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20012002/ab-242.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Wildlife conservation: oak woodlands."
description: "Wildlife conservation: oak woodlands."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 242"
citation: "California AB 242 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Wildlife conservation: oak woodlands."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Thomson"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 28
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2001-02-14"
last_action: "2001-10-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c663038b-b730-444c-a6f4-3876173d9eb2"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB242"
source_hash: "54ac116de83c7db9415e20198bc4dadfe26b47aabd21cf14250f641cb51f88a7"
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 242 (20012002) — Wildlife conservation: oak woodlands.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/14/01 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB242&version=20010AB24299INT)
2. **04/16/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB242&version=20010AB24298AMD)
3. **06/25/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB242&version=20010AB24297AMD)
4. **07/12/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB242&version=20010AB24296AMD)
5. **08/30/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB242&version=20010AB24295AMD)
6. **09/10/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB242&version=20010AB24294AMD)
7. **09/13/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB242&version=20010AB24293AMD)
8. **10/09/01 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB242&version=20010AB24291CHP)
9. **AB242** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB242)
10. **09/14/01 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB242&version=20010AB24292ENR)

## Votes

- AB 242 Thomson Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB242 Thomson By Sher Reconsider — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB242 Thomson By Sher — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB242 Thomson By Sher — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 242 Thomson Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Thomson — primary (person)
- Alquist — coauthor (person)
- Jackson — coauthor (person)
- Oller — coauthor (person)
- Wayne — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-10-09** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 588, Statutes of 2001.
- **2001-10-07** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2001-10-02** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2001-09-14** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 75. Noes 3. Page 4005.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2001-09-14** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 27. Noes 7. Page 2962.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-09-13** In Senate. Held at Desk. Action rescinded whereby the bill was read third time, passed, and to Assembly. Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. `reading-1, reading-3, passage, amendment-passage`
- **2001-09-13** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. Ordered returned to Senate.
- **2001-09-13** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2936.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-09-12** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-09-10** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-3`
- **2001-09-06** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 2.). Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, committee-passage-favorable, reading-1, committee-passage`
- **2001-08-30** 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`
- **2001-07-12** 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`
- **2001-07-09** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **2001-06-26** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2001-06-25** 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. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-05-31** Referred to Standing Committee on Natural Resources And Water. `referral-committee`
- **2001-05-17** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2001-05-17** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 66. Noes 2. Page 1657.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-05-14** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-05-10** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 20. Noes 0.) (May 9). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2001-04-24** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 23). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2001-04-19** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Natural Resources. `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-16** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Natural Resources Read second time and amended. `reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-04-02** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2001-03-05** Referred to Standing Committee on Natural Resources. `referral-committee`
- **2001-02-15** From printer. May be heard in committee March 17.
- **2001-02-14** 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/c663038b-b730-444c-a6f4-3876173d9eb2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).