republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20072008/ab-1859.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Theft: fire hydrant parts."
description: "Theft: fire hydrant parts."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 1859"
citation: "California AB 1859 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Theft: fire hydrant parts."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Adams"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 28
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2008-01-30"
last_action: "2008-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2dcbdf33-ba9f-47d2-a2f7-de81b570217d"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1859"
source_hash: "7fd0aae2df1c0f65f14c6a8924dafedc770cba327a734ee40bf7a03cd8124386"
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 1859 (20072008) — Theft: fire hydrant parts.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/30/08 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1859&version=20070AB185999INT)
2. **03/13/08 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1859&version=20070AB185998AMD)
3. **05/21/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1859&version=20070AB185997AMD)
4. **06/24/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1859&version=20070AB185996AMD)
5. **09/30/08 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1859&version=20070AB185994CHP)
6. **AB1859** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1859)
7. **08/22/08 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1859&version=20070AB185995ENR)

## Votes

- Special Consent #35 AB1859 Adams By Calderon — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1859 ADAMS Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1859 ADAMS Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Senate amendments be concurred in. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Adams — primary (person)
- Aghazarian — coauthor (person)
- Anderson — principal coauthor (person)
- Beall — coauthor (person)
- Benoit — coauthor (person)
- Berryhill — coauthor (person)
- Brownley — coauthor (person)
- Caballero — coauthor (person)
- Calderon — coauthor (person)
- Carter — coauthor (person)
- Charles Calderon — coauthor (person)
- Coto — coauthor (person)
- DeVore — coauthor (person)
- Fuentes — coauthor (person)
- Horton — coauthor (person)
- Houston — coauthor (person)
- Huff — coauthor (person)
- Huffman — coauthor (person)
- Jeffries — coauthor (person)
- Krekorian — coauthor (person)
- Lieu — coauthor (person)
- Ma — coauthor (person)
- Margett — coauthor (person)
- Maze — coauthor (person)
- Mendoza — coauthor (person)
- Mullin — coauthor (person)
- Nakanishi — coauthor (person)
- Plescia — coauthor (person)
- Sharon Runner — coauthor (person)
- Silva — coauthor (person)
- Smyth — coauthor (person)
- Spitzer — coauthor (person)
- Strickland — coauthor (person)
- Tran — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2008-01-30** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2008-01-31** From printer. May be heard in committee March 1.
- **2008-03-13** Referred to Standing Committee on Elections and Redistricting. `referral-committee`
- **2008-03-13** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Elections and Redistricting Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, referral-committee`
- **2008-03-24** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Elections and Redistricting. `referral-committee`
- **2008-04-23** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 22). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-04-24** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-05-01** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 4924.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-05-01** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2008-05-08** Referred to Com. on E., R. & C.A. `referral-committee`
- **2008-05-21** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on E., R. & C.A. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2008-05-22** Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules. `referral-committee`
- **2008-06-05** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2008-06-23** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) . `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2008-06-24** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2008-08-04** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2008-08-05** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-08-07** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 4852.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-08-07** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 10 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2008-08-07** Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
- **2008-08-12** From Special Consent Calendar. To unfinished business file.
- **2008-08-12** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee`
- **2008-08-12** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice waived. (Page 6380.)
- **2008-08-14** From committee: With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (August 14). `committee-passage`
- **2008-08-18** Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 6645.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2008-09-18** Enrolled and to the Governor at 9:30 a.m.
- **2008-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2008-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 659, Statutes of 2008.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2dcbdf33-ba9f-47d2-a2f7-de81b570217d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).