---
type: "Bill"
title: "Solid waste: plastic bags: food and beverage containers."
description: "Solid waste: plastic bags: food and beverage containers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 1972"
citation: "California AB 1972 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Solid waste: plastic bags: food and beverage containers."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["DeSaulnier"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 27
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2008-02-14"
last_action: "2008-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/88830a4a-aca3-44e3-814f-7993551e38b7"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1972"
source_hash: "861593ed60210e09a85a2bd9534ec5e9d3f4ad16a55e73ecd08f11eaceaa113b"
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 1972 (20072008) — Solid waste: plastic bags: food and beverage containers.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/14/08 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1972&version=20070AB197299INT)
2. **03/24/08 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1972&version=20070AB197298AMD)
3. **06/17/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1972&version=20070AB197297AMD)
4. **06/19/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1972&version=20070AB197296AMD)
5. **08/04/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1972&version=20070AB197295AMD)
6. **09/27/08 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1972&version=20070AB197293CHP)
7. **AB1972** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1972)
8. **08/15/08 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1972&version=20070AB197294ENR)

## Votes

- AB 1972 DE SAULNIER Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB1972 DeSaulnier By Simitian — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1972 DE SAULNIER Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- DeSaulnier — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2008-02-14** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2008-02-15** From printer. May be heard in committee March 16.
- **2008-02-28** Referred to Standing Committee on Natural Resources. `referral-committee`
- **2008-03-24** 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`
- **2008-03-25** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Natural Resources. `referral-committee`
- **2008-03-28** (Corrected March 28.)
- **2008-04-08** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (April 7). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-04-09** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-04-14** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 4631.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-04-14** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2008-04-24** Referred to Standing Committee on Environmental Quality. `referral-committee`
- **2008-06-02** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2008-06-11** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2008-06-17** 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`
- **2008-06-19** 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`
- **2008-06-24** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2008-07-07** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2008-07-10** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-08-04** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-1, reading-3, amendment-passage`
- **2008-08-05** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-08-11** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 23. Noes 9. Page 4874.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-08-11** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 13 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2008-08-12** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 6339.)
- **2008-08-13** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 60. Noes 15. Page 6404.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2008-09-16** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2008-09-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2008-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 436, Statutes of 2008.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/88830a4a-aca3-44e3-814f-7993551e38b7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).