---
type: "Bill"
title: "Invasive pests: advance planning: detection and eradication plans."
description: "Invasive pests: advance planning: detection and eradication plans."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 2763"
citation: "California AB 2763 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Invasive pests: advance planning: detection and eradication plans."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Laird"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 32
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2008-02-22"
last_action: "2008-09-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/20c64b4c-87c2-4094-b6e5-9c7997e2bb1d"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2763"
source_hash: "2b5a1795488f1d7c18d228349817c466514e86c22a9aa9d6757f4e8242b76043"
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 2763 (20072008) — Invasive pests: advance planning: detection and eradication plans.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/22/08 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2763&version=20070AB276399INT)
2. **04/03/08 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2763&version=20070AB276398AMD)
3. **04/23/08 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2763&version=20070AB276397AMD)
4. **05/23/08 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2763&version=20070AB276396AMD)
5. **06/12/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2763&version=20070AB276395AMD)
6. **08/04/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2763&version=20070AB276394AMD)
7. **08/18/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2763&version=20070AB276393AMD)
8. **08/19/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2763&version=20070AB276392AMD)
9. **09/29/08 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2763&version=20070AB276390CHP)
10. **AB2763** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2763)
11. **09/09/08 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2763&version=20070AB276391ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Agriculture. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB2763 Laird By Maldonado — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 2763 Laird Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Rules. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 2763 LAIRD Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Laird — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2008-02-22** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2008-02-24** From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
- **2008-02-25** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2008-03-24** Referred to Standing Committee on Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials and Standing Committee on Agriculture. `referral-committee`
- **2008-04-02** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Agriculture Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (April 1). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2008-04-03** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Agriculture Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, referral-committee`
- **2008-04-07** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Agriculture. `referral-committee`
- **2008-04-22** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 16). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2008-04-23** Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage`
- **2008-04-24** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2008-05-07** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2008-05-23** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 22). Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2008-05-27** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-05-28** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 5499.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-05-29** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2008-06-12** Referred to Standing Committee on Agriculture and Standing Committee on Rules. `referral-committee`
- **2008-06-12** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Agriculture. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2008-06-17** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Rules Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2008-06-18** Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2008-06-30** Place on Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file.
- **2008-08-04** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2008-08-14** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) . `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2008-08-18** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage`
- **2008-08-19** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-1, reading-3, amendment-passage`
- **2008-08-19** (Corrected August 27.)
- **2008-08-20** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-08-22** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 5314.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-08-30** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2008-08-30** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 7073.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2008-09-18** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11 a.m.
- **2008-09-29** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2008-09-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 573, Statutes of 2008.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/20c64b4c-87c2-4094-b6e5-9c7997e2bb1d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).