republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20072008/ab-541.md

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Bill	Liability: genetically engineered plants.	Liability: genetically engineered plants.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20072008	AB 541	California AB 541 (20072008)	bill	Liability: genetically engineered plants.	enacted	Huffman	12	34	8	2007-02-21	2008-09-27	openstates	ocd-bill/c990bf80-ea6a-40ac-98fd-691bf4f8aab4	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB541	dd827fab74b5e36a0bb9ecd0ce4a049788041f6e5089f088d508a09aac7321fc	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 541 (20072008) — Liability: genetically engineered plants.

Version chain

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

1. 02/21/07 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 01/17/08 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/17/07 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 04/23/07 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 06/02/08 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 06/10/08 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 07/02/08 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
8. 08/21/08 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
9. 08/22/08 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
10. 09/27/08 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
11. AB541 (committee substitute) — source
12. 09/05/08 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · lower
• AB 541 HUFFMAN Assembly Third Reading — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — pass (pass) · lower
• Assembly 3rd Reading AB541 Huffman By Maldonado — pass (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Agriculture. — pass (pass) · lower
• AB 541 Huffman Concurrence in Senate Amendments — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Judiciary. — pass (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Huffman — primary (person)
• Beall — coauthor (person)
• Berg — coauthor (person)
• Coto — principal coauthor (person)
• DeSaulnier — coauthor (person)
• Krekorian — coauthor (person)
• Lieber — coauthor (person)
• Migden — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2007-02-21 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2007-02-22 From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
• 2007-03-01 Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary and Standing Committee on Agriculture. referral-committee
• 2007-03-27 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2007-04-16 From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Agriculture (Ayes 7. Noes 3.) (April 10). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2007-04-17 Read second time and amended. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage
• 2007-04-18 Re-referred to Standing Committee on Agriculture. referral-committee
• 2007-04-23 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Agriculture Read second time and amended. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, referral-committee
• 2007-04-24 Re-referred to Standing Committee on Agriculture. referral-committee
• 2007-04-25 In committee: Set, first hearing. Held under submission.
• 2008-01-16 From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (January 16). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2008-01-17 Read second time and amended. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage
• 2008-01-18 Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. referral-committee
• 2008-01-24 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 5. Page 3814.) (January 24). Read second time. To third reading. committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, committee-passage-favorable
• 2008-01-29 Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 53. Noes 21. Page 3853.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2008-01-30 In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. reading-1
• 2008-02-14 Referred to Standing Committee on Agriculture and Standing Committee on Judiciary. referral-committee
• 2008-06-02 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Agriculture. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, referral-committee, amendment-passage
• 2008-06-09 From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Judiciary (Ayes 3. Noes 0.) . amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2008-06-10 Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2008-07-01 From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 3. Noes 2.) . amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2008-07-02 Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2008-08-05 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage
• 2008-08-06 Read second time. To third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2008-08-21 Read third time, amended. To second reading. reading-1, reading-3, amendment-passage
• 2008-08-22 Read second time. To third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2008-08-22 Read third time, amended. To second reading. reading-1, reading-3, amendment-passage
• 2008-08-25 Read second time. To third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2008-08-27 Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 23. Noes 14. Page 5398.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2008-08-29 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
• 2008-08-29 Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 7005.) committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2008-09-18 Enrolled and to the Governor at 11 a.m.
• 2008-09-27 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2008-09-27 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 424, Statutes of 2008.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c990bf80-ea6a-40ac-98fd-691bf4f8aab4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).