---
type: "Bill"
title: "Hazardous waste: civil penalty."
description: "Hazardous waste: civil penalty."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 1371"
citation: "California AB 1371 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Hazardous waste: civil penalty."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ruskin"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 25
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2007-02-23"
last_action: "2007-10-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/02560543-01d8-402d-8534-154cd08521e0"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1371"
source_hash: "e60b0deab686f4985a75f3cef8e3f6418b47e885d0acc825038ecbca272de604"
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 1371 (20072008) — Hazardous waste: civil penalty.

## 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=200720080AB1371&version=20070AB137199INT)
2. **05/01/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1371&version=20070AB137198AMD)
3. **06/05/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1371&version=20070AB137197AMD)
4. **10/14/07 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1371&version=20070AB137195CHP)
5. **AB1371** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1371)
6. **09/10/07 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1371&version=20070AB137196ENR)

## Votes

- AB 1371 RUSKIN Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Judiciary. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Judiciary. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB1371 Ruskin By Florez — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ruskin — 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`
- **2007-03-22** Referred to Standing Committee on Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials and Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-11** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Judiciary Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (April 10). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2007-04-30** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 24). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2007-05-01** Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage`
- **2007-05-02** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-16** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2007-05-23** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 5.) (May 23). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-05-24** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-06-05** Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. (Page 1869.). `reading-1, reading-3, amendment-passage`
- **2007-06-07** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 2075.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-06-11** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2007-06-21** Referred to Standing Committee on Environmental Quality and Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2007-07-03** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Judiciary Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2007-07-05** Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2007-07-05** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2007-07-20** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2007-07-25** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-09-04** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 26. Noes 12. Page 2268.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-09-04** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2007-09-17** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2007-10-14** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2007-10-14** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 705, Statutes of 2007.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/02560543-01d8-402d-8534-154cd08521e0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).