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Bill	California Communities Environmental Health Screening.	Existing law requires the Secretary for Environmental Protection to convene a Working Group on Environmental Justice to assist the secretary in developing an agencywide strategy for identifying and addressing gaps in existing programs, policies, or activities of the agency's boards, departments, and offices that may impede the achievement of environmental justice.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20152016	AB 1059	California AB 1059 (20152016)	bill	California Communities Environmental Health Screening.	enacted	Eduardo Garcia	6	28	7	2015-02-26	2015-10-08	openstates	ocd-bill/4caba890-7c6e-453e-9631-adde1b4fe713	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1059	ba9d1cf8def2f8451451eac6d6099ee0d8d00a8327df24e5e6dc758e27eb6fed	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 1059 (20152016) — California Communities Environmental Health Screening.

Existing law requires the Secretary for Environmental Protection to convene a Working Group on Environmental Justice to assist the secretary in developing an agencywide strategy for identifying and addressing gaps in existing programs, policies, or activities of the agency's boards, departments, and offices that may impede the achievement of environmental justice.

Version chain

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

1. 02/26/15 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 06/24/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 08/26/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 10/08/15 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
5. AB1059 (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/03/15 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• 3rd Reading AB1059 Eduardo Garcia By Leno — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — 17–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading AB1059 Eduardo Garcia By Leno — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 1059 GARCIA, E. Assembly Third Reading — 76–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 1059 GARCIA, E. Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 78–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Eduardo Garcia — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2015-02-26 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2015-02-27 From printer. May be heard in committee March 29.
• 2015-03-19 Referred to Com. on E.S. & T.M. referral-committee
• 2015-04-15 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-04-29 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (April 29). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-04-30 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-05-04 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1260.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-05-04 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2015-05-14 Referred to Com. on E.Q. referral-committee
• 2015-06-23 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 17). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2015-06-24 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2015-07-06 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage
• 2015-07-07 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-08-20 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2110.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-08-20 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 22 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2015-08-24 Ordered to the Senate.
• 2015-08-24 In Senate. Held at Desk.
• 2015-08-26 Action rescinded whereby the bill was read third time, passed, and to Assembly. reading-3, passage
• 2015-08-26 Ordered to third reading.
• 2015-08-26 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2015-08-27 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-08-31 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2309.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-08-31 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 2 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2015-09-01 Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 2729.)
• 2015-09-01 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2741.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2015-09-10 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2015-10-08 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2015-10-08 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 584, Statutes of 2015.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4caba890-7c6e-453e-9631-adde1b4fe713. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).