---
type: "Bill"
title: "Discharge of hazardous substance or sewage."
description: "Discharge of hazardous substance or sewage."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 800"
citation: "California AB 800 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Discharge of hazardous substance or sewage."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lieu"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 26
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2007-02-22"
last_action: "2007-10-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4cc1ecfe-2051-44ca-9772-bfc8c3631f7b"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB800"
source_hash: "bfc036b2bce6ed3f6582e9666345312919ad6127012182b6f5b05c288b0591bf"
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 800 (20072008) — Discharge of hazardous substance or sewage.

## 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=200720080AB800&version=20070AB80099INT)
2. **04/09/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB800&version=20070AB80098AMD)
3. **04/18/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB800&version=20070AB80097AMD)
4. **05/03/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB800&version=20070AB80096AMD)
5. **05/21/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB800&version=20070AB80095AMD)
6. **06/06/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB800&version=20070AB80094AMD)
7. **10/10/07 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB800&version=20070AB80092CHP)
8. **AB800** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB800)
9. **09/10/07 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB800&version=20070AB80093ENR)

## Votes

- AB 800 LIEU Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB800 Lieu By Lowenthal — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lieu — primary (person)
- Beall — coauthor (person)
- Brownley — author (person)
- Karnette — coauthor (person)
- Krekorian — author (person)
- Mendoza — coauthor (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`
- **2007-04-09** 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`
- **2007-04-10** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials. `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-17** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (April 17). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2007-04-18** Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage`
- **2007-04-19** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-03** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, referral-committee`
- **2007-05-07** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-17** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (May 16). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2007-05-21** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage`
- **2007-05-22** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-06-06** Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. (Page 1978.). `reading-1, reading-3, amendment-passage`
- **2007-06-07** Assembly Rule 69(d) suspended. (Page 2066.).
- **2007-06-07** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 63. Noes 8. Page 2074.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-06-11** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2007-06-21** Referred to Standing Committee on Environmental Quality. `referral-committee`
- **2007-07-02** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2007-07-11** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-07-12** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-09-04** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 24. Noes 12. Page 2261.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-09-04** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2007-09-13** Enrolled and to the Governor at 1:15 p.m.
- **2007-10-10** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2007-10-10** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 371, Statutes of 2007.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4cc1ecfe-2051-44ca-9772-bfc8c3631f7b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).