---
type: "Bill"
title: "Polybrominated diphenyl ether."
description: "Polybrominated diphenyl ether."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 302"
citation: "California AB 302 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Polybrominated diphenyl ether."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chan"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 22
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2003-02-06"
last_action: "2003-08-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d4cd7a1c-e513-403c-a22a-63720e017fa9"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB302"
source_hash: "9de1d23ab77276c46760df530cb58dfd4ddaeb4960eb6abbbbe263ba5ca9480e"
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 302 (20032004) — Polybrominated diphenyl ether.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/06/03 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB302&version=20030AB30299INT)
2. **04/10/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB302&version=20030AB30298AMD)
3. **05/22/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB302&version=20030AB30297AMD)
4. **06/18/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB302&version=20030AB30296AMD)
5. **07/01/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB302&version=20030AB30295AMD)
6. **07/07/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB302&version=20030AB30294AMD)
7. **08/11/03 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB302&version=20030AB30292CHP)
8. **AB302** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB302)
9. **07/24/03 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB302&version=20030AB30293ENR)

## Votes

- ab 302 chan assembly third reading amendment set #1 — **pass** (pass) · lower
- assembly 3rd reading ab302 chan by figueroa — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 302 chan concurrence in senate amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 302 chan assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chan — primary (person)
- Koretz — coauthor (person)
- Lieber — coauthor (person)
- Longville — coauthor (person)
- Montanez — coauthor (person)
- Nation — coauthor (person)
- Pavley — coauthor (person)
- Steinberg — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-08-11** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 205, Statutes of 2003.
- **2003-08-09** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2003-07-28** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2003-07-24** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 47. Noes 28. Page 2874.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2003-07-17** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 19 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2003-07-17** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 25. Noes 12. Page 1872.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-07-08** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-07-07** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-07-01** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-06-30** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2003-06-18** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on ENV. QUAL. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-06-05** Referred to Com. on ENV. QUAL. `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-28** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2003-05-27** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 47. Noes 29. Page 1919.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-05-22** Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. (Ayes 66. Noes 2. Page 1816.) `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-04-24** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-04-23** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (April 22). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2003-04-21** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials. `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-10** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials Read second time and amended. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-02-14** Referred to Standing Committee on Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials. `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-07** From printer. May be heard in committee March 9.
- **2003-02-06** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d4cd7a1c-e513-403c-a22a-63720e017fa9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).