---
type: "Bill"
title: "Humboldt County: South Spit."
description: "Humboldt County: South Spit."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 2840"
citation: "California AB 2840 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Humboldt County: South Spit."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Berg"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 22
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2008-02-22"
last_action: "2008-07-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f3ad423a-9715-457c-a930-33a3a8e6153b"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2840"
source_hash: "4d0e147f52e35bc4dc2a2748026403ed432c013965587c197794bb0c5c43dc3b"
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 2840 (20072008) — Humboldt County: South Spit.

## 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=200720080AB2840&version=20070AB284099INT)
2. **03/24/08 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2840&version=20070AB284098AMD)
3. **04/07/08 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2840&version=20070AB284097AMD)
4. **07/17/08 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2840&version=20070AB284095CHP)
5. **AB2840** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2840)
6. **07/01/08 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2840&version=20070AB284096ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 2840 BERG Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB2840 Berg By Wiggins — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Berg — primary (person)
- Charles Calderon — coauthor (person)
- Evans — coauthor (person)
- Lieu — coauthor (person)
- Wolk — coauthor (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`
- **2008-03-13** Referred to Standing Committee on Water, Parks and Wildlife. `referral-committee`
- **2008-03-24** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Water, Parks and Wildlife Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, referral-committee`
- **2008-03-25** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Water, Parks and Wildlife. `referral-committee`
- **2008-04-03** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 10. Noes 2.) (April 1). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2008-04-07** Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage`
- **2008-04-08** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2008-04-16** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (April 16). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-04-17** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-04-24** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 51. Noes 11. Page 4836.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-04-24** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2008-05-01** Referred to Standing Committee on Natural Resources And Water. `referral-committee`
- **2008-06-10** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2008-06-23** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2008-06-24** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-06-30** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 26. Noes 0. Page 4519.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-07-01** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2008-07-07** Enrolled and to the Governor at 12:30 p.m.
- **2008-07-17** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2008-07-17** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 140, Statutes of 2008.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f3ad423a-9715-457c-a930-33a3a8e6153b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).