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Bill	Environmental justice.	(1) Existing law requires the Secretary for Environmental Protection, on or before January 1, 2002, to convene a Working Group on Environmental Justice composed of various representatives, as specified, to assist the California Environmental Protection Agency in developing by July 1, 2002, an agencywide environmental justice strategy.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20192020	AB 1628	California AB 1628 (20192020)	bill	Environmental justice.	enacted	Robert Rivas	6	24	8	2019-02-22	2019-09-27	openstates	ocd-bill/91a3b8e7-8316-4a0a-9e2d-f56d8b9c0a69	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1628	ac7a849b76217cdda08c1ede28821779c031feed52b2adda6ca443d2165eb3eb	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 1628 (20192020) — Environmental justice.

(1) Existing law requires the Secretary for Environmental Protection, on or before January 1, 2002, to convene a Working Group on Environmental Justice composed of various representatives, as specified, to assist the California Environmental Protection Agency in developing by July 1, 2002, an agencywide environmental justice strategy.

Version chain

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

1. 02/22/19 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 06/14/19 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 08/26/19 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 09/27/19 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
5. AB1628 (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/12/19 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• AB 1628 Robert Rivas Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 61–15 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB1628 Robert Rivas et al. By Gonzalez — 31–9 (pass) · upper
• AB 1628 Robert Rivas Assembly Third Reading — 57–15 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — 5–2 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–1 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 13–4 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 9–3 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — 8–3 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Robert Rivas — primary (person)
• Limón — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-02-22 Introduced. To print. introduction
• 2019-02-23 From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
• 2019-02-25 Read first time. reading-1
• 2019-03-18 Referred to Coms. on NAT. RES. and JUD. referral-committee
• 2019-04-09 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 8. Noes 3.) (April 8). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2019-04-23 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 3.) (April 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2019-05-08 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 4.) (May 8). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2019-05-09 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2019-05-13 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 57. Noes 15. Page 1632.) passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2019-05-14 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2019-05-22 Referred to Coms. on EQ. and JUD. referral-committee
• 2019-06-05 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (June 5). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2019-06-14 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, amendment-introduction
• 2019-06-26 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 1.) (June 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2019-07-08 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2019-07-09 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2019-08-26 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2019-08-27 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2019-09-04 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 31. Noes 9. Page 2504.). passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2019-09-05 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 7 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2019-09-09 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 61. Noes 15. Page 3115.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-09-18 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
• 2019-09-27 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2019-09-27 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 360, Statutes of 2019.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/91a3b8e7-8316-4a0a-9e2d-f56d8b9c0a69. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).