---
type: "Bill"
title: "California Toxic Release Inventory Program."
description: "California Toxic Release Inventory Program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 833"
citation: "California AB 833 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["California Toxic Release Inventory Program."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ruskin"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 25
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2007-02-22"
last_action: "2007-10-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a046b89d-4e90-4ea1-9d62-b0ccf1101e31"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB833"
source_hash: "f18536abeb56060d979f04ae3d95359335a2e258038520aa0283775176d7b322"
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 833 (20072008) — California Toxic Release Inventory Program.

## 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=200720080AB833&version=20070AB83399INT)
2. **04/09/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB833&version=20070AB83398AMD)
3. **06/01/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB833&version=20070AB83397AMD)
4. **08/20/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB833&version=20070AB83396AMD)
5. **09/05/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB833&version=20070AB83395AMD)
6. **10/13/07 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB833&version=20070AB83393CHP)
7. **AB833** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB833)
8. **09/19/07 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB833&version=20070AB83394ENR)

## Votes

- AB 833 Ruskin Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 833 RUSKIN Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB833 Ruskin By Simitian — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ruskin — 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.
- **2007-03-08** 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`
- **2007-04-11** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (April 10). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2007-04-25** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2007-06-01** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (May 31). Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2007-06-04** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-06-06** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 48. Noes 29. Page 1988.) `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 Environmental Quality. `referral-committee`
- **2007-07-03** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2007-07-23** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2007-08-20** 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`
- **2007-08-20** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2007-08-21** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-09-05** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-1, reading-3, amendment-passage`
- **2007-09-06** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-09-10** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 22. Noes 18. Page 2529.) `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 50. Noes 27. Page 3315.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2007-09-28** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3:45 p.m.
- **2007-10-13** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2007-10-13** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 616, Statutes of 2007.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a046b89d-4e90-4ea1-9d62-b0ccf1101e31`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).