---
type: "Bill"
title: "Hazardous materials: administrative: penalties: liability."
description: "Hazardous materials: administrative: penalties: liability."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 1098"
citation: "California AB 1098 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Hazardous materials: administrative: penalties: liability."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Saldana"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 23
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2007-02-23"
last_action: "2007-10-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0586040f-d26c-46c8-96fb-505ec24e8944"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1098"
source_hash: "eb390fd4e03c04e341c64660400db021c5e56694ba4eb82a2ac5f2790162456b"
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 1098 (20072008) — Hazardous materials: administrative: penalties: liability.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/23/07 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1098&version=20070AB109899INT)
2. **04/16/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1098&version=20070AB109898AMD)
3. **05/29/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1098&version=20070AB109897AMD)
4. **07/03/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1098&version=20070AB109896AMD)
5. **10/13/07 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1098&version=20070AB109894CHP)
6. **AB1098** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1098)
7. **09/05/07 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1098&version=20070AB109895ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Judiciary to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar 2nd AB1098 Saldana — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be placed on the Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1098 SALDANA Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1098 SALDANA Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Saldana — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-02-23** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2007-02-25** From printer. May be heard in committee March 27.
- **2007-02-26** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2007-03-15** Referred to Standing Committee on Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials and Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-16** 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. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, referral-committee`
- **2007-04-17** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials. `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-17** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Judiciary with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 17). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2007-05-01** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (May 1). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-05-02** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-05-03** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 1320.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-05-03** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2007-05-09** Referred to Standing Committee on Environmental Quality. `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-29** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Environmental Quality. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2007-06-27** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2007-07-03** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Environmental Quality. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2007-07-11** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-07-12** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-08-27** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2120.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-08-27** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 29 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2007-08-30** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 2762.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2007-09-06** Enrolled and to the Governor at 6 p.m.
- **2007-10-13** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2007-10-13** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 623, Statutes of 2007.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0586040f-d26c-46c8-96fb-505ec24e8944`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).