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type: "Bill"
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title: "Liability: genetically engineered plants."
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description: "Liability: genetically engineered plants."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20072008"
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identifier: "AB 541"
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citation: "California AB 541 (20072008)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Liability: genetically engineered plants."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Huffman"]
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version_count: 12
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action_count: 34
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vote_count: 8
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first_action: "2007-02-21"
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last_action: "2008-09-27"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c990bf80-ea6a-40ac-98fd-691bf4f8aab4"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB541"
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source_hash: "dd827fab74b5e36a0bb9ecd0ce4a049788041f6e5089f088d508a09aac7321fc"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
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---
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# California AB 541 (20072008) — Liability: genetically engineered plants.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **02/21/07 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB541&version=20070AB54199INT)
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2. **01/17/08 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB541&version=20070AB54196AMD)
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3. **04/17/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB541&version=20070AB54198AMD)
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4. **04/23/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB541&version=20070AB54197AMD)
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5. **06/02/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB541&version=20070AB54195AMD)
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6. **06/10/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB541&version=20070AB54194AMD)
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7. **07/02/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB541&version=20070AB54193AMD)
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8. **08/21/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB541&version=20070AB54192AMD)
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9. **08/22/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB541&version=20070AB54191AMD)
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10. **09/27/08 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB541&version=20070AB54189CHP)
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11. **AB541** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB541)
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12. **09/05/08 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB541&version=20070AB54190ENR)
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## Votes
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- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
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- AB 541 HUFFMAN Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
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- Assembly 3rd Reading AB541 Huffman By Maldonado — **pass** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Agriculture. — **pass** (pass) · lower
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- AB 541 Huffman Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Judiciary. — **pass** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Huffman — primary (person)
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- Beall — coauthor (person)
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- Berg — coauthor (person)
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- Coto — principal coauthor (person)
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- DeSaulnier — coauthor (person)
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- Krekorian — coauthor (person)
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- Lieber — coauthor (person)
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- Migden — coauthor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2007-02-21** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
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- **2007-02-22** From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
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- **2007-03-01** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary and Standing Committee on Agriculture. `referral-committee`
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- **2007-03-27** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
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- **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`
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- **2007-04-17** Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage`
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- **2007-04-18** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Agriculture. `referral-committee`
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- **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`
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- **2007-04-24** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Agriculture. `referral-committee`
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- **2007-04-25** In committee: Set, first hearing. Held under submission.
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- **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`
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- **2008-01-17** Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage`
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- **2008-01-18** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
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- **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`
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- **2008-01-29** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 53. Noes 21. Page 3853.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2008-01-30** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
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- **2008-02-14** Referred to Standing Committee on Agriculture and Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
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- **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`
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- **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`
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- **2008-06-10** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
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- **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`
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- **2008-07-02** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2008-08-05** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
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- **2008-08-06** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2008-08-21** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-1, reading-3, amendment-passage`
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- **2008-08-22** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2008-08-22** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-1, reading-3, amendment-passage`
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- **2008-08-25** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2008-08-27** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 23. Noes 14. Page 5398.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2008-08-29** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
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- **2008-08-29** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 7005.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
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- **2008-09-18** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11 a.m.
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- **2008-09-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2008-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 424, Statutes of 2008.
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c990bf80-ea6a-40ac-98fd-691bf4f8aab4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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