republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20012002/ab-2751.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "State highways: soundwalls."
description: "State highways: soundwalls."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 2751"
citation: "California AB 2751 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State highways: soundwalls."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pavley"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 22
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2002-02-22"
last_action: "2002-09-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1c1a0796-a73e-4d59-94df-c9321058e73c"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2751"
source_hash: "8fcc52e8744edabcfe83172a502881efbc0082a3355336098e5a83214c00acfd"
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 2751 (20012002) — State highways: soundwalls.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/22/02 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2751&version=20010AB275199INT)
2. **05/23/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2751&version=20010AB275198AMD)
3. **08/26/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2751&version=20010AB275197AMD)
4. **09/18/02 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2751&version=20010AB275195CHP)
5. **AB2751** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2751)
6. **08/30/02 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2751&version=20010AB275196ENR)

## Votes

- AB 2751 Pavley Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB2751 Pavley By Sher — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 2751 Pavley Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Pavley — primary (person)
- Dickerson — coauthor (person)
- Hertzberg — coauthor (person)
- Keeley — coauthor (person)
- Koretz — coauthor (person)
- Longville — coauthor (person)
- Ortiz — coauthor (person)
- Salinas — coauthor (person)
- Sher — coauthor (person)
- Simitian — coauthor (person)
- Strom-Martin — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-09-18** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 656, Statutes of 2002.
- **2002-09-17** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2002-09-16** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2002-08-30** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 67. Noes 11. Page 8669.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2002-08-30** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 23. Noes 12. Page 5994.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-08-29** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 5.). Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, committee-passage-favorable, reading-1, committee-passage`
- **2002-08-28** Joint Rules 61(b)(13) and 61(b)(14) suspended.
- **2002-08-26** 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`
- **2002-08-22** In committee: Set, second hearing. Held under submission.
- **2002-08-05** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **2002-06-26** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 9. Noes 2.) (June 26). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2002-06-04** Referred to Standing Committee on Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **2002-05-30** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2002-05-29** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 66. Noes 13. Page 6567.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-05-24** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-05-23** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 18. Noes 6.) (May 22). Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-04-24** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2002-04-09** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 13. Noes 5.) (April 8). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2002-03-11** Referred to Standing Committee on Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **2002-02-25** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2002-02-24** From printer. May be heard in committee March 26.
- **2002-02-22** Introduced. To print. `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1c1a0796-a73e-4d59-94df-c9321058e73c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).