republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20072008/ab-2911.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Oil spill prevention and response: inland spills: wildlife contaminations."
description: "Oil spill prevention and response: inland spills: wildlife contaminations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 2911"
citation: "California AB 2911 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Oil spill prevention and response: inland spills: wildlife contaminations."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wolk"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 28
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2008-02-22"
last_action: "2008-09-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8de85f77-d062-4dd3-817f-29c0ab9d6dfe"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2911"
source_hash: "a86e77ca097450fdd43c4f0fc894999092ac6e136d25fdd81aac342fb0940e3f"
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 2911 (20072008) — Oil spill prevention and response: inland spills: wildlife contaminations.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/22/08 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2911&version=20070AB291199INT)
2. **03/25/08 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2911&version=20070AB291198AMD)
3. **06/16/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2911&version=20070AB291197AMD)
4. **06/18/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2911&version=20070AB291196AMD)
5. **07/01/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2911&version=20070AB291195AMD)
6. **08/04/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2911&version=20070AB291194AMD)
7. **08/12/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2911&version=20070AB291193AMD)
8. **09/29/08 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2911&version=20070AB291191CHP)
9. **AB2911** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2911)
10. **08/26/08 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2911&version=20070AB291192ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 2911 WOLK Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Water, Parks and Wildlife. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 2911 WOLK Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB2911 Wolk By Simitian — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Environmental Quality. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Wolk — primary (person)
- Beall — coauthor (person)
- Hancock — coauthor (person)
- Huffman — coauthor (person)
- Leno — coauthor (person)
- Lieber — coauthor (person)
- Mullin — coauthor (person)
- Nava — coauthor (person)
- Ruskin — coauthor (person)
- Swanson — coauthor (person)
- Torrico — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2008-02-22** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2008-02-24** From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
- **2008-02-25** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2008-03-13** Referred to Standing Committee on Natural Resources and Standing Committee on Water, Parks and Wildlife. `referral-committee`
- **2008-03-25** 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`
- **2008-03-28** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Natural Resources. `referral-committee`
- **2008-04-08** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Water, Parks and Wildlife Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 1.) (April 7). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2008-04-16** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 8. Noes 3.) (April 15). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2008-04-30** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2008-05-23** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (May 22). Read second time. To third reading. `committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-05-27** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 50. Noes 26. Page 5398.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-05-28** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2008-06-05** Referred to Standing Committee on Natural Resources And Water and Standing Committee on Environmental Quality. `referral-committee`
- **2008-06-12** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Environmental Quality (Ayes 5. Noes 3.) . `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2008-06-16** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Environmental Quality. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2008-06-18** 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`
- **2008-06-30** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) . `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2008-07-01** 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 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`
- **2008-08-04** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **2008-08-11** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 9. Noes 6.) . `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2008-08-12** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage`
- **2008-08-14** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 23. Noes 15. Page 5050.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-08-14** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 16 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2008-08-18** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 50. Noes 27. Page 6609.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2008-09-18** Enrolled and to the Governor at 9:30 a.m.
- **2008-09-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2008-09-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 565, Statutes of 2008.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8de85f77-d062-4dd3-817f-29c0ab9d6dfe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).