republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20112012/ab-2284.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Irrigation."
description: "(1) Existing law establishes fines and penalties for a violation of the Fish and Game Code."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 2284"
citation: "California AB 2284 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Irrigation."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chesbro"]
version_count: 12
action_count: 34
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2012-02-24"
last_action: "2012-09-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8dce72a2-49e8-4693-bebd-891a303fd590"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2284"
source_hash: "3417e0ee2373070ae764c448cea67894da52400ce3d00ab699cd36ed3990fc6d"
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 2284 (20112012) — Irrigation.

(1) Existing law establishes fines and penalties for a violation of the Fish and Game Code.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/24/12 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2284&version=20110AB228499INT)
2. **03/29/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2284&version=20110AB228498AMD)
3. **04/11/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2284&version=20110AB228497AMD)
4. **04/30/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2284&version=20110AB228496AMD)
5. **05/14/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2284&version=20110AB228495AMD)
6. **05/30/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2284&version=20110AB228494AMD)
7. **06/19/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2284&version=20110AB228493AMD)
8. **06/27/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2284&version=20110AB228492AMD)
9. **08/06/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2284&version=20110AB228491AMD)
10. **09/19/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2284&version=20110AB228489CHP)
11. **AB2284** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2284)
12. **08/27/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2284&version=20110AB228490ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Water, Parks and Wildlife. — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 2284 CHESBRO Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **54–23** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB2284 Chesbro By Evans — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 2284 CHESBRO Assembly Third Reading — **53–18** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **12–1** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Public Safety. — **6–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Chesbro — primary (person)
- Fong — coauthor (person)
- Huffman — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-02-24** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2012-02-26** From printer. May be heard in committee March 27.
- **2012-02-27** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2012-03-29** Referred to Coms. on PUB. S. and W., P. & W. `referral-committee`
- **2012-03-29** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-04-09** Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2012-04-11** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-04-12** Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2012-04-18** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on W., P. & W. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 17). Re-referred to Com. on W., P. & W. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-04-26** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (April 24). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-04-30** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-05-01** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2012-05-14** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-05-15** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2012-05-24** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 1.) (May 16). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-05-25** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-05-30** Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 5087.) `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-05-31** Assembly Rule 69(d) suspended. (Page 5176.)
- **2012-05-31** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 53. Noes 18. Page 5177.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-06-04** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2012-06-14** Referred to Coms. on N.R. & W. and PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2012-06-19** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on N.R. & W. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-06-27** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 26). Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-06-27** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-07-05** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (July 3). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-08-06** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-08-14** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2012-08-15** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-08-20** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 4586.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-08-20** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 22 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2012-08-22** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 54. Noes 23. Page 6111.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2012-08-30** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2012-09-19** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2012-09-19** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 390, Statutes of 2012.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8dce72a2-49e8-4693-bebd-891a303fd590`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).