---
type: "Bill"
title: "Vessels: invasive species."
description: "Vessels: invasive species."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 740"
citation: "California AB 740 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Vessels: invasive species."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Laird"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 28
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2007-02-22"
last_action: "2007-10-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/45a0b36a-1665-40c4-bc4c-a7033bc87e42"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB740"
source_hash: "441b7f20076c3f1d0f77d708f14fc6a54313c4cf49e82089c75e08ed219cbb3c"
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 740 (20072008) — Vessels: invasive species.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/22/07 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB740&version=20070AB74099INT)
2. **04/17/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB740&version=20070AB74098AMD)
3. **06/14/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB740&version=20070AB74097AMD)
4. **07/09/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB740&version=20070AB74096AMD)
5. **09/04/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB740&version=20070AB74095AMD)
6. **10/10/07 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB740&version=20070AB74093CHP)
7. **AB740** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB740)
8. **09/18/07 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB740&version=20070AB74094ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 740 Laird Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 740 LAIRD Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB740 Laird By Simitian — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Laird — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-02-22** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2007-02-23** From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
- **2007-03-12** Referred to Standing Committee on Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials. `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-29** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2007-04-17** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, referral-committee`
- **2007-04-18** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials. `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-25** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (April 24). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2007-05-16** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2007-06-01** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (May 31). Read second time. To third reading. `committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-06-05** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 47. Noes 32. Page 1878.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-06-06** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2007-06-14** Referred to Standing Committee on Environmental Quality. `referral-committee`
- **2007-06-14** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Environmental Quality. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2007-07-05** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) . `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2007-07-09** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2007-07-11** In committee: Set, second hearing. Testimony taken. Further hearing to be set.
- **2007-07-23** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2007-08-20** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **2007-08-31** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 5.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-08-31** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-09-04** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-1, reading-3, amendment-passage`
- **2007-09-05** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-09-10** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 30. Noes 10. Page 2516.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-09-11** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2007-09-11** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 47. Noes 30. Page 3311.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2007-09-24** Enrolled and to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2007-10-10** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2007-10-10** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 370, Statutes of 2007.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/45a0b36a-1665-40c4-bc4c-a7033bc87e42`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).