---
type: "Bill"
title: "Junk dealers and recyclers: newspaper and California Redemption Value (CRV) containers."
description: "Junk dealers and recyclers: newspaper and California Redemption Value (CRV) containers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 1778"
citation: "California AB 1778 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Junk dealers and recyclers: newspaper and California Redemption Value (CRV) containers."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ma"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 33
vote_count: 11
first_action: "2008-01-15"
last_action: "2008-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a921e84d-8e04-4a4d-904c-56ed439777c7"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1778"
source_hash: "f3b823dd3d786b2f0004cae8d6025f2ecf465017d1d37a1dcb10eaaa878e2b2a"
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 1778 (20072008) — Junk dealers and recyclers: newspaper and California Redemption Value (CRV) containers.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **01/15/08 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1778&version=20070AB177899INT)
2. **04/07/08 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1778&version=20070AB177898AMD)
3. **05/08/08 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1778&version=20070AB177897AMD)
4. **07/01/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1778&version=20070AB177896AMD)
5. **08/18/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1778&version=20070AB177895AMD)
6. **09/30/08 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1778&version=20070AB177893CHP)
7. **AB1778** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1778)
8. **09/03/08 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1778&version=20070AB177894ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB1778 Ma By Lowenthal — **fail** (fail) · upper
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Environmental Quality. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1778 MA Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB1778 Ma By Lowenthal — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB1778 Ma Reconsider — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1778 MA Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ma — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2008-01-15** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2008-01-16** From printer. May be heard in committee February 15.
- **2008-02-07** Referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. `referral-committee`
- **2008-04-03** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 6. Noes 3.) (April 1). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2008-04-07** Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage`
- **2008-04-08** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2008-05-08** 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`
- **2008-05-12** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2008-05-15** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 3.) (May 14). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-05-19** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-05-22** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 45. Noes 24. Page 5259.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-05-22** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2008-05-29** Referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Economic Development and Standing Committee on Environmental Quality. `referral-committee`
- **2008-06-04** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2008-06-17** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Environmental Quality Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) . `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 4. Noes 1.) . `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 4.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-08-12** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-08-14** Read third time, passage refused. (Ayes 10. Noes 18. Page 5060.) `reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-08-14** Motion to reconsider made by Senator Lowenthal.
- **2008-08-14** Reconsideration granted.
- **2008-08-14** (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5060.)
- **2008-08-18** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-1, reading-3, amendment-passage`
- **2008-08-19** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-08-22** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 21. Noes 16. Page 5330.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-08-27** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 29 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2008-08-28** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 6912.)
- **2008-08-28** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 54. Noes 19. Page 6913.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2008-09-18** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11 a.m.
- **2008-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2008-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 733, Statutes of 2008.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a921e84d-8e04-4a4d-904c-56ed439777c7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).