---
type: "Bill"
title: "Hazardous materials: brownfields."
description: "Hazardous materials: brownfields."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 389"
citation: "California AB 389 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Hazardous materials: brownfields."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Montanez"]
version_count: 12
action_count: 32
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2003-02-14"
last_action: "2004-09-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d99aa691-9dd8-40cf-9ac5-aef39f0abaf4"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB389"
source_hash: "472ab1ffbfcd5ae91e7598ddfcdff50b1058eb433f0dbde4294f4d75729dfceb"
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 389 (20032004) — Hazardous materials: brownfields.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/14/03 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB389&version=20030AB38999INT)
2. **01/05/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB389&version=20030AB38997AMD)
3. **01/15/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB389&version=20030AB38996AMD)
4. **04/10/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB389&version=20030AB38998AMD)
5. **06/01/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB389&version=20030AB38995AMD)
6. **06/15/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB389&version=20030AB38994AMD)
7. **08/17/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB389&version=20030AB38993AMD)
8. **08/23/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB389&version=20030AB38992AMD)
9. **08/27/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB389&version=20030AB38991AMD)
10. **09/23/04 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB389&version=20030AB38989CHP)
11. **AB389** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB389)
12. **08/28/04 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB389&version=20030AB38990ENR)

## Votes

- do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 389 montanez assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- placed on appropriations suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 389 montanez concurrence in senate amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Rules. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- w/o ref. to file ab389 montanez — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Montanez — primary (person)
- Cedillo — principal coauthor (person)
- Sher — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-09-23** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 705, Statutes of 2004.
- **2004-09-23** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2004-09-20** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2004-08-28** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 8046.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2004-08-27** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 29 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. Assembly Rule 77 suspended.
- **2004-08-27** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.). From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 5.). Read second time, amended, and to third reading. Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 5507.). `passage, referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage, reading-3, amendment-introduction, committee-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-08-25** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2004-08-25** Re-referred to ENV. QUAL. and Standing Committee on Appropriations pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10. `referral-committee`
- **2004-08-24** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10. `referral-committee`
- **2004-08-23** Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-08-17** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-08-16** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2004-06-28** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **2004-06-17** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2004-06-15** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-06-14** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Rules (Ayes 5. Noes 0.). `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, committee-passage`
- **2004-06-01** 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`
- **2004-02-17** Referred to Com. on ENV. QUAL. `referral-committee`
- **2004-01-28** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2004-01-26** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 4361.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-01-22** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 23. Noes 0.) (January 21). Read second time. To third reading. `committee-passage-favorable, reading-2, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-01-21** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2004-01-16** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2004-01-15** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Read second time and amended. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-01-14** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (January 13). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2004-01-05** 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. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-04-29** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **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`
- **2003-04-10** Referred to Standing Committee on Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials. `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-18** From printer. May be heard in committee March 20.
- **2003-02-14** 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/d99aa691-9dd8-40cf-9ac5-aef39f0abaf4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).