---
type: "Bill"
title: "Ocean resources: California Ocean Protection Trust Fund."
description: "Ocean resources: California Ocean Protection Trust Fund."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 1225"
citation: "California AB 1225 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Ocean resources: California Ocean Protection Trust Fund."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["DeSaulnier"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 29
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2007-02-23"
last_action: "2008-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5fb92990-dc5e-49c5-9952-8755804f1c0a"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1225"
source_hash: "c43864d8d9d2023717548b5ecaa3e4e0480a837daacbf086573f0c27dea73262"
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 1225 (20072008) — Ocean resources: California Ocean Protection Trust Fund.

## 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=200720080AB1225&version=20070AB122599INT)
2. **01/07/08 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1225&version=20070AB122598AMD)
3. **01/16/08 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1225&version=20070AB122597AMD)
4. **06/02/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1225&version=20070AB122596AMD)
5. **07/01/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1225&version=20070AB122595AMD)
6. **09/30/08 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1225&version=20070AB122593CHP)
7. **AB1225** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1225)
8. **08/21/08 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1225&version=20070AB122594ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Environmental Quality. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1225 DE SAULNIER Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Be referred to Committee on Natural Resources. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1225 DE SAULNIER Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB1225 DeSaulnier By Lowenthal — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- DeSaulnier — 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`
- **2007-03-26** Referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection and Standing Committee on Local Government. `referral-committee`
- **2008-01-07** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, referral-committee`
- **2008-01-07** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. `referral-committee`
- **2008-01-07** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules by unanimous consent. `referral-committee`
- **2008-01-07** From committee: Be re-referred to Standing Committee on Natural Resources Re-referred. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (January 7). `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2008-01-15** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 2.) (January 14). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2008-01-16** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, referral-committee`
- **2008-01-17** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2008-01-24** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2008-01-24** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 5.) (January 24). Read second time. To third reading. `committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-01-28** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 49. Noes 25. Page 3837.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-01-28** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2008-02-07** Referred to Standing Committee on Natural Resources And Water and Standing Committee on Environmental Quality. `referral-committee`
- **2008-06-02** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Natural Resources And Water. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2008-06-10** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Environmental Quality Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 3.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2008-06-30** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) . `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2008-07-01** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2008-08-04** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **2008-08-11** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 5.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-08-12** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-08-14** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 26. Noes 13. Page 5044.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-08-14** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 16 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2008-08-18** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 50. Noes 27. Page 6583.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2008-09-17** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2:45 p.m.
- **2008-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2008-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 656, Statutes of 2008.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5fb92990-dc5e-49c5-9952-8755804f1c0a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).