---
type: "Bill"
title: "California Green Collar Jobs Act of 2008: green jobs."
description: "California Green Collar Jobs Act of 2008: green jobs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 3018"
citation: "California AB 3018 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["California Green Collar Jobs Act of 2008: green jobs."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nunez"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 22
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2008-02-22"
last_action: "2008-09-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/22f2af61-7f0e-412b-86d7-bceab15a7d18"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB3018"
source_hash: "bf42114b8332a51e7130e01f7500a358ab1247d8c95d5072347022e733bd674f"
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 3018 (20072008) — California Green Collar Jobs Act of 2008: green jobs.

## 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=200720080AB3018&version=20070AB301899INT)
2. **07/02/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB3018&version=20070AB301898AMD)
3. **08/04/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB3018&version=20070AB301897AMD)
4. **09/26/08 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB3018&version=20070AB301895CHP)
5. **AB3018** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB3018)
6. **08/21/08 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB3018&version=20070AB301896ENR)

## Votes

- Assembly 3rd Reading AB3018 Nunez By Steinberg — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 3018 NUNEZ Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 3018 NUNEZ Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Environmental Quality. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Nunez — primary (person)
- Bass — principal coauthor (person)
- Davis — coauthor (person)
- De La Torre — coauthor (person)
- De Leon — principal coauthor (person)
- Eng — coauthor (person)
- Hancock — coauthor (person)
- Laird — coauthor (person)
- Leno — coauthor (person)
- Mullin — coauthor (person)
- Price — coauthor (person)
- Ruskin — coauthor (person)
- Solorio — coauthor (person)
- Swanson — 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 Labor and Employment. `referral-committee`
- **2008-04-10** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 1.) (April 9). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2008-04-24** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (April 23). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-04-28** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-05-27** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 58. Noes 20. Page 5364.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-05-28** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2008-06-05** Referred to Standing Committee on Labor and Industrial Relations and Standing Committee on Environmental Quality. `referral-committee`
- **2008-06-11** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Environmental Quality Re-referred. (Ayes 3. Noes 2.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2008-07-01** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) . `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2008-07-02** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **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`
- **2008-08-05** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2008-08-06** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-08-14** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 25. Noes 14. Page 5041.) `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 55. Noes 21. Page 6595.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2008-09-17** Enrolled and to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2008-09-26** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2008-09-26** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 312, Statutes of 2008.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/22f2af61-7f0e-412b-86d7-bceab15a7d18`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).