---
type: "Bill"
title: "Geologists and geophysicists."
description: "Geologists and geophysicists."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 1284"
citation: "California AB 1284 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Geologists and geophysicists."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Eng"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 26
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2007-02-23"
last_action: "2008-09-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b4136e04-7798-489e-a883-46c287548990"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1284"
source_hash: "d40498b99f6d248ee1ebd34e450fbf3b8f9525da4e7a0b518106c6443ff91ae0"
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 1284 (20072008) — Geologists and geophysicists.

## 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=200720080AB1284&version=20070AB128499INT)
2. **01/07/08 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1284&version=20070AB128498AMD)
3. **01/17/08 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1284&version=20070AB128497AMD)
4. **09/28/08 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1284&version=20070AB128495CHP)
5. **AB1284** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1284)
6. **09/03/08 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1284&version=20070AB128496ENR)

## Votes

- Assembly 3rd Reading AB1284 Eng By Ridley-Thomas — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1284 ENG Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Be referred to Committee on Business and Professions. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Eng — 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 Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials and Standing Committee on Water, Parks and Wildlife. `referral-committee`
- **2008-01-07** 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`
- **2008-01-07** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials. `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 Business, Professions and Consumer Protection Re-referred. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (January 7). `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2008-01-16** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (January 15). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2008-01-17** Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage`
- **2008-01-18** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2008-01-24** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (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 67. Noes 7. Page 3838.) `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 Business, Professions and Economic Development. `referral-committee`
- **2008-05-13** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 8. Noes 1.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2008-06-23** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2008-06-24** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-07-10** To inactive file on motion of Senator Perata.
- **2008-08-13** From inactive file. To second reading.
- **2008-08-14** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-08-20** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 28. Noes 8. Page 5198.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-08-28** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2008-09-18** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11 a.m.
- **2008-09-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2008-09-28** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 488, Statutes of 2008.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b4136e04-7798-489e-a883-46c287548990`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).