republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20072008/ab-740.md

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Bill	Vessels: invasive species.	Vessels: invasive species.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20072008	AB 740	California AB 740 (20072008)	bill	Vessels: invasive species.	enacted	Laird	8	28	8	2007-02-22	2007-10-10	openstates	ocd-bill/45a0b36a-1665-40c4-bc4c-a7033bc87e42	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB740	441b7f20076c3f1d0f77d708f14fc6a54313c4cf49e82089c75e08ed219cbb3c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 740 (20072008) — Vessels: invasive species.

Version chain

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

1. 02/22/07 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/17/07 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 06/14/07 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 07/09/07 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/04/07 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 10/10/07 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
7. AB740 (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/18/07 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · lower
• AB 740 Laird Concurrence in Senate Amendments — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — pass (pass) · upper
• Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — pass (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · upper
• AB 740 LAIRD Assembly Third Reading — pass (pass) · lower
• Assembly 3rd Reading AB740 Laird By Simitian — pass (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — pass (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Laird — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2007-02-22 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2007-02-23 From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
• 2007-03-12 Referred to Standing Committee on Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials. referral-committee
• 2007-03-29 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2007-04-17 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials Read second time and amended. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, referral-committee
• 2007-04-18 Re-referred to Standing Committee on Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials. referral-committee
• 2007-04-25 From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (April 24). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2007-05-16 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. referral-committee
• 2007-06-01 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (May 31). Read second time. To third reading. committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, committee-passage-favorable
• 2007-06-05 Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 47. Noes 32. Page 1878.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2007-06-06 In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. reading-1
• 2007-06-14 Referred to Standing Committee on Environmental Quality. referral-committee
• 2007-06-14 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
• 2007-07-05 From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) . amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2007-07-09 Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2007-07-11 In committee: Set, second hearing. Testimony taken. Further hearing to be set.
• 2007-07-23 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2007-08-20 In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
• 2007-08-31 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 5.) . committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2007-08-31 Read second time. To third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2007-09-04 Read third time, amended. To second reading. reading-1, reading-3, amendment-passage
• 2007-09-05 Read second time. To third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2007-09-10 Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 30. Noes 10. Page 2516.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2007-09-11 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
• 2007-09-11 Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 47. Noes 30. Page 3311.) committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2007-09-24 Enrolled and to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2007-10-10 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2007-10-10 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 370, Statutes of 2007.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/45a0b36a-1665-40c4-bc4c-a7033bc87e42. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).