---
type: "Bill"
title: "Vehicles: hazardous materials: permits."
description: "Vehicles: hazardous materials: permits."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 1612"
citation: "California AB 1612 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Vehicles: hazardous materials: permits."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nava"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 37
vote_count: 12
first_action: "2007-02-23"
last_action: "2007-10-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/586a5894-db66-4e23-8901-69271a722634"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1612"
source_hash: "233b3a65946aa9837a1060150b27e10fbf7b44514e8f2c0274c256dfa323ea7e"
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 1612 (20072008) — Vehicles: hazardous materials: permits.

## 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=200720080AB1612&version=20070AB161299INT)
2. **04/10/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1612&version=20070AB161298AMD)
3. **05/24/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1612&version=20070AB161297AMD)
4. **07/03/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1612&version=20070AB161296AMD)
5. **07/12/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1612&version=20070AB161295AMD)
6. **08/20/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1612&version=20070AB161294AMD)
7. **09/06/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1612&version=20070AB161293AMD)
8. **10/11/07 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1612&version=20070AB161291CHP)
9. **AB1612** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1612)
10. **09/26/07 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1612&version=20070AB161292ENR)

## Votes

- Senate amendments be concurred in. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB1612 Nava By Ridley-Thomas — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB1612 Nava By Ridley-Thomas — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1612 NAVA Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB1612 Nava Reconsider — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1612 Nava Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Nava — primary (person)
- DeSaulnier — 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`
- **2007-04-09** Referred to Standing Committee on Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-10** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Transportation Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, referral-committee`
- **2007-04-12** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-24** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (April 23). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2007-05-03** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 2). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-05-07** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-05-10** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 1437.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-05-10** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2007-05-17** Referred to Standing Committee on Transportation and Housing. `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-24** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Transportation and Housing. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **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 Transportation and Housing. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2007-07-11** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 10. Noes 1.) . `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2007-07-12** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2007-08-20** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **2007-08-20** 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`
- **2007-08-31** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 2.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-08-31** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-09-06** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 22. Noes 11. Page 2377.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-09-06** Motion to reconsider made by Senator Ridley-Thomas.
- **2007-09-06** Reconsideration granted. (Page 2389.)
- **2007-09-06** Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-3, amendment-passage`
- **2007-09-07** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10. `referral-committee`
- **2007-09-07** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Transportation and Housing pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10. `referral-committee`
- **2007-09-07** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-09-10** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 28. Noes 11. Page 2528.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-09-11** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2007-09-12** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Transportation pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee`
- **2007-09-12** (Page 3323.)
- **2007-09-12** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice waived. (Page 3323.)
- **2007-09-12** From committee: With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (September 12). `committee-passage`
- **2007-09-12** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 70. Noes 0. Page 3411.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2007-10-01** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3:45 p.m.
- **2007-10-11** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2007-10-11** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 514, Statutes of 2007.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/586a5894-db66-4e23-8901-69271a722634`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).