---
type: "Bill"
title: "Petroleum underground storage tanks: claims."
description: "Petroleum underground storage tanks: claims."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 1437"
citation: "California AB 1437 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Petroleum underground storage tanks: claims."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Aghazarian"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 26
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2007-02-23"
last_action: "2007-10-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cb3a1bed-7ee6-4cd3-a380-f5f8bc9c5342"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1437"
source_hash: "76b6c6a2428d57a49899f22a938e864866882bf83731dcdcf767df1c83aaeed5"
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 1437 (20072008) — Petroleum underground storage tanks: claims.

## 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=200720080AB1437&version=20070AB143799INT)
2. **04/09/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1437&version=20070AB143798AMD)
3. **06/12/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1437&version=20070AB143797AMD)
4. **07/05/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1437&version=20070AB143796AMD)
5. **10/05/07 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1437&version=20070AB143794CHP)
6. **AB1437** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1437)
7. **09/07/07 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1437&version=20070AB143795ENR)

## Votes

- Special Consent #17 AB1437 Aghazarian — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1437 AGHAZARIAN Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1437 AGHAZARIAN Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Aghazarian — primary (person)
- Lieu — principal coauthor (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. `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-09** 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`
- **2007-04-10** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials. `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-11** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (April 10). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-04-12** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-04-19** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 1075.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-04-19** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2007-05-02** Referred to Standing Committee on Environmental Quality. `referral-committee`
- **2007-06-12** 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`
- **2007-06-13** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2007-07-03** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2007-07-05** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **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`
- **2007-07-25** To inactive file on motion of Senator Perata.
- **2007-08-27** From inactive file. To second reading.
- **2007-08-28** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-08-30** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2183.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-08-30** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 1 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2007-09-04** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2883.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2007-09-17** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2007-10-05** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2007-10-05** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 282, Statutes of 2007.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cb3a1bed-7ee6-4cd3-a380-f5f8bc9c5342`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).