republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20072008/ab-1972.md

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Bill	Solid waste: plastic bags: food and beverage containers.	Solid waste: plastic bags: food and beverage containers.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20072008	AB 1972	California AB 1972 (20072008)	bill	Solid waste: plastic bags: food and beverage containers.	enacted	DeSaulnier	8	27	5	2008-02-14	2008-09-27	openstates	ocd-bill/88830a4a-aca3-44e3-814f-7993551e38b7	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1972	861593ed60210e09a85a2bd9534ec5e9d3f4ad16a55e73ecd08f11eaceaa113b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 1972 (20072008) — Solid waste: plastic bags: food and beverage containers.

Version chain

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

1. 02/14/08 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/24/08 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 06/17/08 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/19/08 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/04/08 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/27/08 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
7. AB1972 (committee substitute) — source
8. 08/15/08 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• AB 1972 DE SAULNIER Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · upper
• Assembly 3rd Reading AB1972 DeSaulnier By Simitian — pass (pass) · upper
• AB 1972 DE SAULNIER Concurrence in Senate Amendments — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — pass (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• DeSaulnier — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2008-02-14 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2008-02-15 From printer. May be heard in committee March 16.
• 2008-02-28 Referred to Standing Committee on Natural Resources. referral-committee
• 2008-03-24 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
• 2008-03-25 Re-referred to Standing Committee on Natural Resources. referral-committee
• 2008-03-28 (Corrected March 28.)
• 2008-04-08 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (April 7). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2008-04-09 Read second time. To Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2008-04-14 Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 4631.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2008-04-14 In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. reading-1
• 2008-04-24 Referred to Standing Committee on Environmental Quality. referral-committee
• 2008-06-02 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2008-06-11 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2008-06-17 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
• 2008-06-19 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
• 2008-06-24 From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) . committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2008-07-07 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage
• 2008-07-10 Read second time. To third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2008-08-04 Read third time, amended. To second reading. reading-1, reading-3, amendment-passage
• 2008-08-05 Read second time. To third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2008-08-11 Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 23. Noes 9. Page 4874.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2008-08-11 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 13 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2008-08-12 Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 6339.)
• 2008-08-13 Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 60. Noes 15. Page 6404.) committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2008-09-16 Enrolled and to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
• 2008-09-27 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2008-09-27 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 436, Statutes of 2008.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/88830a4a-aca3-44e3-814f-7993551e38b7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).