---
type: "Bill"
title: "Packaging materials: regulated metals."
description: "Packaging materials: regulated metals."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 455"
citation: "California AB 455 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Packaging materials: regulated metals."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chu"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 30
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2003-02-14"
last_action: "2003-10-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/df18f494-4819-4d01-9e27-5ae5e0953860"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB455"
source_hash: "b2e6a6853515561d55c238c2e719e63cfecea279be3b599205206d2e4e762e52"
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 455 (20032004) — Packaging materials: regulated metals.

## 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=200320040AB455&version=20030AB45599INT)
2. **04/22/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB455&version=20030AB45598AMD)
3. **05/06/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB455&version=20030AB45597AMD)
4. **07/10/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB455&version=20030AB45596AMD)
5. **09/08/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB455&version=20030AB45595AMD)
6. **10/09/03 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB455&version=20030AB45593CHP)
7. **AB455** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB455)
8. **09/11/03 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB455&version=20030AB45594ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 455 chu assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- assembly 3rd reading ab455 chu by kuehl — **pass** (pass) · upper
- placed on appropriations suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 455 chu concurrence in senate amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 455 COOK Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- assembly 3rd reading ab455 chu by kuehl — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Rules. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Chu — primary (person)
- Koretz — coauthor (person)
- Levine — coauthor (person)
- Lieber — coauthor (person)
- Longville — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-10-09** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 679, Statutes of 2003.
- **2003-10-08** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2003-09-23** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2003-09-16** (Corrected September 15. )
- **2003-09-11** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 47. Noes 32. Page 3800.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2003-09-10** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 24. Noes 14.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-09-08** In Senate. Action rescinded whereby the bill was read third time, passed, and to Assembly. Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. `passage, amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2003-09-05** Ordered returned to Senate.
- **2003-09-03** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 5 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2003-09-03** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 23. Noes 14. Page 2305.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-09-02** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-08-29** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 5.). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2003-08-18** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **2003-07-14** Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2003-07-10** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules Joint Rule 61(a)(9) suspended. (Page 1731.). `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-07-09** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Rules (Ayes 5. Noes 2.). `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, committee-passage`
- **2003-06-16** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2003-06-12** Referred to Com. on ENV. QUAL. `referral-committee`
- **2003-06-03** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2003-06-02** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 50. Noes 28. Page 2058.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-05-29** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 7.) (May 28). Read second time. To third reading. `committee-passage-favorable, reading-2, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-05-21** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-07** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-06** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-05-05** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (April 29). `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, committee-passage`
- **2003-04-23** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials. `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-22** 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`
- **2003-02-24** 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/df18f494-4819-4d01-9e27-5ae5e0953860`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).