---
type: "Bill"
title: "Water quality."
description: "Water quality."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 2356"
citation: "California AB 2356 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Water quality."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Arambula"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 31
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2008-02-21"
last_action: "2008-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c4509260-5d8f-4a0c-bd51-d893a255914e"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2356"
source_hash: "5e057de230ed4511c13b4d08948b1f83700042dfe1c2c374aa7afd9bba2e6787"
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 2356 (20072008) — Water quality.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/21/08 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2356&version=20070AB235699INT)
2. **03/25/08 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2356&version=20070AB235698AMD)
3. **04/08/08 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2356&version=20070AB235697AMD)
4. **08/06/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2356&version=20070AB235696AMD)
5. **09/30/08 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2356&version=20070AB235694CHP)
6. **AB2356** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2356)
7. **08/27/08 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2356&version=20070AB235695ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- From Committee: Amendments returned to Senate floor for consideration. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 2356 ARAMBULA Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB2356 Arambula — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 2356 ARAMBULA Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Senate amendments be concurred in. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Arambula — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2008-02-21** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2008-02-23** From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
- **2008-03-06** Referred to Standing Committee on Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials. `referral-committee`
- **2008-03-25** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, referral-committee`
- **2008-03-28** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials. `referral-committee`
- **2008-04-07** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 1). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2008-04-08** Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage`
- **2008-04-09** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2008-04-16** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2008-05-23** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 22). Read second time. To third reading. `committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-05-28** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 5434.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-05-29** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2008-06-05** Referred to Standing Committee on Environmental Quality. `referral-committee`
- **2008-06-24** 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`
- **2008-08-04** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-08-05** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-08-06** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-1, reading-3, amendment-passage`
- **2008-08-07** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-08-11** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10. `referral-committee`
- **2008-08-11** From committee: Be re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) . `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2008-08-13** From committee: Return to Senate floor for consideration. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) `committee-passage`
- **2008-08-13** To third reading.
- **2008-08-14** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5035.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-08-14** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 16 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2008-08-18** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee`
- **2008-08-19** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice waived. (Page 6680.)
- **2008-08-21** From committee: With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 21). `committee-passage`
- **2008-08-22** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 6792.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2008-09-18** Enrolled and to the Governor at 9:30 a.m.
- **2008-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2008-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 609, Statutes of 2008.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c4509260-5d8f-4a0c-bd51-d893a255914e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).