republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20092010/ab-1502.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Nuisance abatement: civil action."
description: "Existing law authorizes the district attorney or city attorney to bring a civil action to abate a public nuisance, as defined."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20092010"
identifier: "AB 1502"
citation: "California AB 1502 (20092010)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Nuisance abatement: civil action."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Eng"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 31
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2009-02-27"
last_action: "2010-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/010e833a-9b95-45b5-8a06-d0d9d286c797"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1502"
source_hash: "fd58112e28c318639d39a8de77afe9ee5bb62cd1b53f59ee92a448a32cff4420"
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 1502 (20092010) — Nuisance abatement: civil action.

Existing law authorizes the district attorney or city attorney to bring a civil action to abate a public nuisance, as defined.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/27/09 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1502&version=20090AB150299INT)
2. **01/04/10 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1502&version=20090AB150298AMD)
3. **02/24/10 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1502&version=20090AB150297AMD)
4. **06/16/10 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1502&version=20090AB150296AMD)
5. **09/30/10 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1502&version=20090AB150294CHP)
6. **AB1502** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1502)
7. **08/19/10 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1502&version=20090AB150295ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1502 ENG Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1502 ENG Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- 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
- Special Consent #29 AB1502 Eng — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Eng — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-02-27** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2009-03-01** From printer. May be heard in committee March 30.
- **2009-03-02** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2009-04-02** Referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-27** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2010-01-04** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on TRANS. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2010-01-04** Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee`
- **2010-01-12** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (January 11). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2010-01-21** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (January 21). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2010-01-25** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-01-27** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 68. Noes 0. Page 3913.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2010-01-28** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2010-02-11** Referred to Com. on T. & H. `referral-committee`
- **2010-02-24** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on T. & H. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-1`
- **2010-02-25** Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2010-03-11** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2010-06-15** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 10). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2010-06-16** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-06-17** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. pursuant to Joint Rule 10.5. `referral-committee`
- **2010-06-29** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2010-06-30** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-06-30** Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
- **2010-07-01** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 4201.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2010-07-01** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 8 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2010-08-02** Re-referred to Coms. on JUD. and APPR. pursuant to Asssembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee`
- **2010-08-05** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee`
- **2010-08-10** From committee: With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (August 10). `committee-passage`
- **2010-08-16** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 6215.) `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2010-08-26** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2010-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2010-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 570, Statutes of 2010.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/010e833a-9b95-45b5-8a06-d0d9d286c797`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).