republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20072008/ab-1515.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public resources: forest resources."
description: "Public resources: forest resources."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 1515"
citation: "California AB 1515 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public resources: forest resources."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["La Malfa"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 26
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2007-02-23"
last_action: "2007-10-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/adacbc0b-d8e5-4f6b-9b37-5cc294116328"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1515"
source_hash: "05bc8090c62991a179aa64fdc5594f5b81f8d4c2290ca0b06cbf9afdf883ad0f"
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 1515 (20072008) — Public resources: forest resources.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/23/07 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1515&version=20070AB151599INT)
2. **03/28/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1515&version=20070AB151598AMD)
3. **04/17/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1515&version=20070AB151597AMD)
4. **07/05/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1515&version=20070AB151596AMD)
5. **10/10/07 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1515&version=20070AB151594CHP)
6. **AB1515** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1515)
7. **09/10/07 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1515&version=20070AB151595ENR)

## Votes

- AB 1515 LA MALFA Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1515 LA MALFA Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent #16 AB1515 La Malfa — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- La Malfa — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-02-23** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2007-02-25** From printer. May be heard in committee March 27.
- **2007-02-26** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2007-03-22** Referred to Standing Committee on Natural Resources. `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-28** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Natural Resources Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, referral-committee`
- **2007-03-29** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Natural Resources. `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-16** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2007-04-17** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Natural Resources Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, referral-committee`
- **2007-04-18** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Natural Resources. `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-24** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 23). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2007-05-10** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 9). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-05-14** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-05-17** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 1537.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-05-17** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2007-05-23** Referred to Standing Committee on Natural Resources And Water. `referral-committee`
- **2007-06-06** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2007-07-05** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Natural Resources And Water. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2007-07-11** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **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`
- **2007-08-30** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2178.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-08-30** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 1 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2007-09-04** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 2886.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2007-09-17** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2007-10-10** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2007-10-10** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 412, Statutes of 2007.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/adacbc0b-d8e5-4f6b-9b37-5cc294116328`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).