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type: "Bill"
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title: "Proposition 65: enforcement."
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description: "(1) The existing Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986 (Proposition 65) prohibits any person, in the course of doing business, from knowingly and intentionally exposing any individual to a chemical known to the state to cause cancer or reproductive toxicity without giving a specified warning, or from knowingly discharging or releasing such a chemical into water or any source of drinking water, except as specified. The act imposes civil penalties of not more than $2,500 per day upon persons who violate those prohibitions, and provides for the enforcement of those prohibitions by the Attorney General, a district attorney, or specified city attorneys or prosecutors, and by any person in the public interest. The act requires any person bringing an action in the public interest, or any private person filing an action in which a violation of the act is alleged, to notify the Attorney General, the district attorney, city attorney, or prosecutor in whose jurisdiction the violation is alleged to have occurred, and the alleged violator that such an action has been filed."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20132014"
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identifier: "AB 227"
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citation: "California AB 227 (20132014)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Proposition 65: enforcement."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Gatto"]
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version_count: 11
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action_count: 35
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vote_count: 8
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first_action: "2013-02-04"
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last_action: "2013-10-05"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bbf53f88-430f-4fff-b9e6-5f065afb92a9"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB227"
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source_hash: "86f710e03e22228609afd9aa5a55b8387368d4e28011c3677fb961dd7e86f00a"
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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 227 (20132014) — Proposition 65: enforcement.
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(1) The existing Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986 (Proposition 65) prohibits any person, in the course of doing business, from knowingly and intentionally exposing any individual to a chemical known to the state to cause cancer or reproductive toxicity without giving a specified warning, or from knowingly discharging or releasing such a chemical into water or any source of drinking water, except as specified. The act imposes civil penalties of not more than $2,500 per day upon persons who violate those prohibitions, and provides for the enforcement of those prohibitions by the Attorney General, a district attorney, or specified city attorneys or prosecutors, and by any person in the public interest. The act requires any person bringing an action in the public interest, or any private person filing an action in which a violation of the act is alleged, to notify the Attorney General, the district attorney, city attorney, or prosecutor in whose jurisdiction the violation is alleged to have occurred, and the alleged violator that such an action has been filed.
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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. **02/04/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB227&version=20130AB22799INT)
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2. **04/09/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB227&version=20130AB22798AMD)
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3. **05/08/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB227&version=20130AB22797AMD)
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4. **06/19/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB227&version=20130AB22796AMD)
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5. **07/02/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB227&version=20130AB22795AMD)
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6. **08/20/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB227&version=20130AB22794AMD)
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7. **08/30/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB227&version=20130AB22793AMD)
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8. **09/05/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB227&version=20130AB22792AMD)
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9. **10/05/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB227&version=20130AB22790CHP)
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10. **AB227** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB227)
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11. **09/18/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB227&version=20130AB22791ENR)
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## Votes
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- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Judiciary. — **7–0** (pass) · lower
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- AB 227 GATTO Third Reading Urgency — **72–0** (pass) · lower
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- 3rd Reading AB227 Gatto By Lieu Urgency Clause — **37–0** (pass) · upper
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- AB 227 GATTO Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **78–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **10–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Judiciary. — **9–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Gatto — primary (person)
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- Alejo — coauthor (person)
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- Anderson — coauthor (person)
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- Hagman — coauthor (person)
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- Logue — coauthor (person)
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- Muratsuchi — coauthor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2013-02-04** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
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- **2013-02-05** From printer. May be heard in committee March 7.
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- **2013-02-21** Referred to Coms. on E.S. & T.M. and JUD. `referral-committee`
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- **2013-04-09** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on E.S. & T.M. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2013-04-10** Re-referred to Com. on E.S. & T.M. `referral-committee`
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- **2013-04-17** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 16). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
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- **2013-05-07** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 30). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
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- **2013-05-08** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
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- **2013-05-09** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
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- **2013-05-16** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 15). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2013-05-20** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2013-05-23** From consent calendar.
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- **2013-05-23** Ordered to third reading.
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- **2013-05-24** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 1605.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
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- **2013-05-24** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
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- **2013-06-06** Referred to Coms. on E.Q. and JUD. `referral-committee`
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- **2013-06-19** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 19). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
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- **2013-06-19** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2013-07-01** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 25). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
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- **2013-07-02** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2013-08-19** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and be amended. `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
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- **2013-08-20** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
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- **2013-08-30** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
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- **2013-09-03** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2013-09-05** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
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- **2013-09-06** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2013-09-10** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 2304.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
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- **2013-09-10** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 12 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
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- **2013-09-11** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 3195.)
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- **2013-09-11** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 3203.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
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- **2013-09-19** Enrolled measure version corrected.
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- **2013-09-20** Enrolled measure version corrected.
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- **2013-09-25** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
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- **2013-10-05** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2013-10-05** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 581, Statutes of 2013.
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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/bbf53f88-430f-4fff-b9e6-5f065afb92a9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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