---
type: "Bill"
title: "Flood liability."
description: "Flood liability."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 70"
citation: "California AB 70 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Flood liability."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jones"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 30
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2006-12-04"
last_action: "2007-10-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4cc7d852-44ec-41f4-bb24-bfb9a259ebb0"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB70"
source_hash: "8dd939825b1741fd7581ee25b0dbe02cc4d7bd71d7eccd7d89fef3dc260ebb0f"
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 70 (20072008) — Flood liability.

## Version chain

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

1. **12/04/06 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB70&version=20070AB7099INT)
2. **02/21/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB70&version=20070AB7098AMD)
3. **04/11/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB70&version=20070AB7097AMD)
4. **06/04/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB70&version=20070AB7096AMD)
5. **07/17/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB70&version=20070AB7095AMD)
6. **09/07/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB70&version=20070AB7094AMD)
7. **10/10/07 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB70&version=20070AB7092CHP)
8. **AB70** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB70)
9. **09/19/07 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB70&version=20070AB7093ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Rules. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Judiciary. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 70 JONES Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 70 Jones Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Be referred to Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB70 Jones By Machado — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jones — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2006-12-04** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2006-12-05** From printer. May be heard in committee January 4.
- **2007-02-01** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary and Standing Committee on Local Government. `referral-committee`
- **2007-02-21** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Judiciary Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, referral-committee`
- **2007-02-22** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-10** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2007-04-11** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Judiciary Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, referral-committee`
- **2007-04-12** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-17** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2007-05-08** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Rules Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 3.) (May 8). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2007-05-10** From committee: Be re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (May 10). `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2007-05-17** Withdrawn from committee. Ordered placed on second reading file.
- **2007-05-21** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-06-04** Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. (Page 1779.). `reading-1, reading-3, amendment-passage`
- **2007-06-06** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 44. Noes 33. Page 1968.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-06-07** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2007-06-21** Referred to Standing Committee on Natural Resources And Water and Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2007-06-26** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Judiciary Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2007-07-16** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 3. Noes 2.) . `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2007-07-17** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage`
- **2007-09-07** Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. `reading-1, reading-3, amendment-passage`
- **2007-09-10** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10. (Page 2495.). `referral-committee`
- **2007-09-10** From committee: Be returned to Senate floor. `committee-passage`
- **2007-09-10** (Ayes 3. Noes 2. Page 2499.)
- **2007-09-11** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 23. Noes 14. Page 2595.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-09-11** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2007-09-12** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 45. Noes 32. Page 3347.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2007-09-26** Enrolled and to the Governor at 1:45 p.m.
- **2007-10-10** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2007-10-10** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 367, Statutes of 2007.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4cc7d852-44ec-41f4-bb24-bfb9a259ebb0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).