---
type: "Bill"
title: "Conservation easement registry."
description: "Conservation easement registry."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 188"
citation: "California AB 188 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Conservation easement registry."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Aghazarian"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 26
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2007-01-25"
last_action: "2007-09-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3928f1e5-ced8-4420-8781-773b657340de"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB188"
source_hash: "29028db15ba5c833e53ae7bd70d956a6ac2d88b4c465839f468389d090527cba"
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 188 (20072008) — Conservation easement registry.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/25/07 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB188&version=20070AB18899INT)
2. **03/08/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB188&version=20070AB18898AMD)
3. **03/22/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB188&version=20070AB18897AMD)
4. **04/17/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB188&version=20070AB18896AMD)
5. **04/30/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB188&version=20070AB18895AMD)
6. **09/26/07 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB188&version=20070AB18893CHP)
7. **AB188** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB188)
8. **09/10/07 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB188&version=20070AB18894ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 188 AGHAZARIAN Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB188 Aghazarian By Kehoe — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Aghazarian — primary (person)
- Kehoe — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-01-25** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2007-01-26** From printer. May be heard in committee February 25.
- **2007-02-09** Referred to Standing Committee on Natural Resources. `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-08** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Natural Resources Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, referral-committee`
- **2007-03-12** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Natural Resources. `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-22** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Natural Resources Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, referral-committee`
- **2007-03-26** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Natural Resources. `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-09** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2007-04-17** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Natural Resources Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, referral-committee`
- **2007-04-18** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Natural Resources. `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-26** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 23). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2007-04-30** Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage`
- **2007-05-01** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-17** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 16). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-05-21** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-05-24** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1627.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-05-24** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2007-06-07** Referred to Standing Committee on Natural Resources And Water. `referral-committee`
- **2007-06-26** 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`
- **2007-07-10** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2007-07-11** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-09-04** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 1. Page 2277.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-09-04** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2007-09-14** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2007-09-26** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2007-09-26** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 229, Statutes of 2007.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3928f1e5-ced8-4420-8781-773b657340de`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).