---
type: "Bill"
title: "Illegal dumping enforcement officers: use of batons."
description: "Illegal dumping enforcement officers: use of batons."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 2245"
citation: "California AB 2245 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Illegal dumping enforcement officers: use of batons."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Soto"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2008-02-20"
last_action: "2008-07-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5f646e32-7f63-4621-9a62-30030dc0be5d"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2245"
source_hash: "03320f28a54eace179f8d7191e9a0fd3c091ee28c2adac3c8393f23a6f9be097"
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 2245 (20072008) — Illegal dumping enforcement officers: use of batons.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/20/08 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2245&version=20070AB224599INT)
2. **07/10/08 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2245&version=20070AB224597CHP)
3. **AB2245** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2245)
4. **06/27/08 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2245&version=20070AB224598ENR)

## Votes

- Special Consent #30 AB2245 Soto — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 2245 SOTO Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Soto — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2008-02-20** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2008-02-21** From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
- **2008-03-05** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2008-04-29** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (April 29). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-04-30** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-05-05** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 4981.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-05-05** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2008-05-15** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2008-06-17** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-06-18** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-06-26** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 4456.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-06-26** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2008-07-01** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
- **2008-07-10** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2008-07-10** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 96, Statutes of 2008.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5f646e32-7f63-4621-9a62-30030dc0be5d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).