---
type: "Bill"
title: "San Francisco Bay Restoration Authority."
description: "San Francisco Bay Restoration Authority."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 2954"
citation: "California AB 2954 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["San Francisco Bay Restoration Authority."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lieber"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 32
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2008-02-22"
last_action: "2008-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/603a0c4a-e029-4898-a62f-c7e069d59150"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2954"
source_hash: "a1305b89fde7f54e67a05337e88a3a190c3f623b53b5f9e12b89a1a2f1c37a45"
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 2954 (20072008) — San Francisco Bay Restoration Authority.

## 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=200720080AB2954&version=20070AB295499INT)
2. **03/24/08 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2954&version=20070AB295498AMD)
3. **04/02/08 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2954&version=20070AB295497AMD)
4. **04/21/08 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2954&version=20070AB295496AMD)
5. **05/23/08 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2954&version=20070AB295495AMD)
6. **06/12/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2954&version=20070AB295494AMD)
7. **07/01/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2954&version=20070AB295493AMD)
8. **08/06/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2954&version=20070AB295492AMD)
9. **09/30/08 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2954&version=20070AB295490CHP)
10. **AB2954** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2954)
11. **08/21/08 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2954&version=20070AB295491ENR)

## Votes

- AB 2954 LIEBER Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB2954 Lieber By Torlakson — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Local Government. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 2954 LIEBER Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lieber — primary (person)
- Alquist — coauthor (person)
- Coto — coauthor (person)
- DeSaulnier — coauthor (person)
- Hancock — author (person)
- Hayashi — coauthor (person)
- Huffman — coauthor (person)
- Laird — coauthor (person)
- Leno — coauthor (person)
- Migden — coauthor (person)
- Portantino — coauthor (person)
- Ruskin — coauthor (person)
- Swanson — coauthor (person)
- Wiggins — coauthor (person)
- Yee — 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 Natural Resources and Standing Committee on Local Government. `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`
- **2008-04-02** 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`
- **2008-04-03** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Natural Resources. `referral-committee`
- **2008-04-07** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2008-04-14** Assembly Rule 56 and Joint Rule 62(a) (Standing Committee on Local Government) waived.
- **2008-04-14** (Ayes 46. Noes 27. Page 4628.)
- **2008-04-15** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Local Government Re-referred. (Ayes 6. Noes 3.) (April 14). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2008-04-17** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (April 16). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2008-04-21** Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage`
- **2008-04-22** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2008-05-14** 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 12. Noes 5.) (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 47. Noes 32. Page 5475.) `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 Local Government. `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 Local Government. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2008-06-30** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 3. Noes 2.) . `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2008-07-01** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2008-08-05** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 9. Noes 5.) . `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2008-08-06** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage`
- **2008-08-14** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 22. Noes 15. Page 5038.) `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** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 47. Noes 31. Page 6610.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2008-09-17** Enrolled and to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2008-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2008-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 690, Statutes of 2008.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/603a0c4a-e029-4898-a62f-c7e069d59150`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).