republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20192020/ab-209.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Parks: outdoor environmental education: grant program."
description: "Existing law requires the Division of Off-Highway Motor Vehicle Recreation of the Department of Parks and Recreation to develop and implement a grant and cooperative agreement program to support the planning, acquisition, development, maintenance, administration, operation, enforcement, restoration, and conservation of trails, trailheads, areas, and other facilities associated with the use of off-highway motor vehicles, and programs involving off-highway motor vehicle safety or education."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20192020"
identifier: "AB 209"
citation: "California AB 209 (20192020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Parks: outdoor environmental education: grant program."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Limón"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2019-01-14"
last_action: "2019-10-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d667d80f-af89-4146-9d2f-1551209103da"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB209"
source_hash: "8a6400e1a9738fe05ab0a85a36a0dbc16efcefd44ef4d2943bc7c0840be90f9b"
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 209 (20192020) — Parks: outdoor environmental education: grant program.

Existing law requires the Division of Off-Highway Motor Vehicle Recreation of the Department of Parks and Recreation to develop and implement a grant and cooperative agreement program to support the planning, acquisition, development, maintenance, administration, operation, enforcement, restoration, and conservation of trails, trailheads, areas, and other facilities associated with the use of off-highway motor vehicles, and programs involving off-highway motor vehicle safety or education.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/14/19 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB209&version=20190AB20999INT)
2. **08/13/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB209&version=20190AB20998AMD)
3. **10/09/19 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB209&version=20190AB20996CHP)
4. **AB209** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB209)
5. **09/10/19 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB209&version=20190AB20997ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 209 Limón Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **72–1** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Placed on suspense file — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 209 Limón Assembly Third Reading — **69–1** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB209 Limón et al. By Caballero — **34–3** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **16–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Limón — primary (person)
- Eduardo Garcia — coauthor (person)
- Gonzalez — coauthor (person)
- Mark Stone — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-14** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2019-01-15** From printer. May be heard in committee February 14.
- **2019-02-04** Referred to Com. on W., P., & W. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-12** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (March 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-20** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-16** Coauthors revised.
- **2019-05-16** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 1.) (May 16). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2019-05-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-05-23** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 69. Noes 1. Page 1859.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-05-24** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2019-06-06** Referred to Com. on N.R. & W. `referral-committee`
- **2019-08-12** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (July 9). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2019-08-13** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-08-19** In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2019-08-30** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (August 30). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2019-08-30** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-09-04** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 34. Noes 3. Page 2507.). `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-09-05** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 7 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2019-09-09** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 72. Noes 1. Page 3095.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-09-12** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2019-10-09** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-10-09** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 675, Statutes of 2019.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d667d80f-af89-4146-9d2f-1551209103da`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).