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Bill	Junk dealers and recyclers: nonferrous material.	Junk dealers and recyclers: nonferrous material.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20072008	AB 844	California AB 844 (20072008)	bill	Junk dealers and recyclers: nonferrous material.	enacted	Berryhill	15	36	11	2007-02-22	2008-09-30	openstates	ocd-bill/7d28dfb3-dcdd-4aaa-b664-61c733d83aeb	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB844	86e207c19ed279159f19ec9b2e45765493ad54a0a5fe5da892bb160290246b08	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 844 (20072008) — Junk dealers and recyclers: nonferrous material.

Version chain

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

1. 02/22/07 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/09/07 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/30/08 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 05/01/07 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 05/29/08 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 06/01/07 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
7. 06/19/07 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
8. 06/19/08 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
9. 06/25/08 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
10. 06/26/07 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
11. 08/11/08 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
12. 08/19/08 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
13. 09/30/08 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
14. AB844 (committee substitute) — source
15. 09/03/08 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Environmental Quality. — pass (pass) · upper
• Set, first hearing. Failed passage in Committee. Reconsideration granted. — pass (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended. — pass (pass) · lower
• AB 844 BERRYHILL Concurrence- Urgency Added — pass (pass) · lower
• AB 844 BERRYHILL Assembly Third Reading — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Rules. — pass (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · lower
• Reconsideration granted. — pass (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Environmental Quality. — fail (fail) · upper
• Assembly 3rd Reading AB844 Berryhill Urgency Clause — pass (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Berryhill — primary (person)
• Adams — coauthor (person)
• Aghazarian — coauthor (person)
• Anderson — coauthor (person)
• Arambula — coauthor (person)
• Benoit — coauthor (person)
• Blakeslee — coauthor (person)
• Calderon — principal coauthor (person)
• Cedillo — coauthor (person)
• Cogdill — principal coauthor (person)
• Cook — coauthor (person)
• DeVore — coauthor (person)
• Denham — coauthor (person)
• Emmerson — coauthor (person)
• Florez — coauthor (person)
• Fuller — coauthor (person)
• Gaines — coauthor (person)
• Galgiani — principal coauthor (person)
• Garcia — coauthor (person)
• Garrick — principal coauthor (person)
• Horton — coauthor (person)
• Houston — coauthor (person)
• Huff — coauthor (person)
• Jeffries — coauthor (person)
• Keene — coauthor (person)
• La Malfa — coauthor (person)
• Ma — coauthor (person)
• Maldonado — principal coauthor (person)
• Margett — coauthor (person)
• Maze — author (person)
• Mullin — coauthor (person)
• Nakanishi — coauthor (person)
• Niello — coauthor (person)
• Parra — coauthor (person)
• Plescia — coauthor (person)
• Salas — coauthor (person)
• Sharon Runner — coauthor (person)
• Silva — coauthor (person)
• Smyth — coauthor (person)
• Spitzer — coauthor (person)
• Strickland — coauthor (person)
• Tran — coauthor (person)
• Villines — coauthor (person)
• Walters — coauthor (person)
• Yee — coauthor (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.
• 2007-04-09 Referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. referral-committee
• 2007-04-09 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection Read second time and amended. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, referral-committee
• 2007-04-10 Re-referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. referral-committee
• 2007-04-30 From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 24). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2007-05-01 Read second time and amended. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage
• 2007-05-02 Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. referral-committee
• 2007-05-16 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2007-06-01 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 31). Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2007-06-04 Read second time. To third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2007-06-05 Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 1945.) 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 Business, Professions and Economic Development and Standing Committee on Environmental Quality. referral-committee
• 2007-06-19 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Economic Development. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, referral-committee, amendment-passage
• 2007-06-25 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2007-06-26 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Economic Development. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, referral-committee, amendment-passage
• 2007-07-02 In committee: Set first hearing. Failed passage. Reconsideration granted.
• 2007-07-09 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2008-04-30 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Economic Development. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, referral-committee, amendment-passage
• 2008-05-29 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Economic Development. 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 Business, Professions and Economic Development. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, referral-committee, amendment-passage
• 2008-06-24 From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Environmental Quality Re-referred. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) . committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2008-06-25 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
• 2008-07-14 From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Rules Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) . committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2008-08-04 Re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. referral-committee
• 2008-08-07 From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) . amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2008-08-11 Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2008-08-18 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and be amended. committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2008-08-19 Read second time, amended, and to third reading. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage
• 2008-08-20 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. (Ayes 34. Noes 1. Page 5216.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2008-08-26 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 28 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2008-08-28 Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 6888.) committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2008-09-18 Enrolled and to the Governor at 11 a.m.
• 2008-09-30 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2008-09-30 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 731, Statutes of 2008.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7d28dfb3-dcdd-4aaa-b664-61c733d83aeb. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).