---
type: "Bill"
title: "Bottled water."
description: "Bottled water."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 2723"
citation: "California AB 2723 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Bottled water."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wesson"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 24
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2000-02-25"
last_action: "2000-09-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e8908875-b1a8-4dc7-bd91-be5a4fdca5de"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2723"
source_hash: "9ac902960490ae99d51c537526ce09d8e7dec1664cfbf6e595eb9f5e87137074"
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 2723 (19992000) — Bottled water.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/25/00 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2723&version=19990AB272399INT)
2. **05/03/00 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2723&version=19990AB272398AMD)
3. **06/26/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2723&version=19990AB272397AMD)
4. **08/08/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2723&version=19990AB272396AMD)
5. **08/18/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2723&version=19990AB272395AMD)
6. **09/19/00 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2723&version=19990AB272393CHP)
7. **AB2723** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2723)
8. **08/29/00 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2723&version=19990AB272394ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 2723 WESSON THIRD READING — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Set, first hearing. Failed passage in Committee. Reconsideration granted. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB2723 Wesson By Hughes — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 2723 WESSON CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **fail** (fail) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Wesson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2000-09-19** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 533, Statutes of 2000.
- **2000-09-18** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2000-09-07** Enrolled and to the Governor at 12:30 p.m.
- **2000-08-29** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 49. Noes 25. Page 8628.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2000-08-28** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2000-08-28** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 22. Noes 12. Page 6101.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-08-22** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 4.). Read second time. To third reading. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-08-18** 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. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2000-08-08** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2000-08-07** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 5. Noes 1.). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2000-06-28** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2000-06-26** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on H. & H.S. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2000-06-08** Referred to Com. on H. & H.S. `referral-committee`
- **2000-05-25** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2000-05-25** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 56. Noes 20. Page 6569.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-05-22** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-05-18** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 7.) (May 17). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2000-05-09** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2000-05-03** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-05-02** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 25). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2000-03-23** Referred to Standing Committee on Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials. `referral-committee`
- **2000-02-28** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2000-02-26** From printer. May be heard in committee March 27.
- **2000-02-25** Assembly Rule 49(a) suspended. 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/e8908875-b1a8-4dc7-bd91-be5a4fdca5de`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).