republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20072008/ab-156.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Flood control."
description: "Flood control."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 156"
citation: "California AB 156 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Flood control."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Laird"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 25
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2007-01-18"
last_action: "2007-10-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/18545068-4650-42a1-adf2-be447d8b010e"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB156"
source_hash: "63755209cf88bba9d773149f09150922b07c2938190ab430dc62ebdf232da4fc"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California AB 156 (20072008) — Flood control.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/18/07 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB156&version=20070AB15699INT)
2. **04/16/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB156&version=20070AB15698AMD)
3. **06/01/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB156&version=20070AB15697AMD)
4. **08/31/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB156&version=20070AB15696AMD)
5. **10/10/07 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB156&version=20070AB15694CHP)
6. **AB156** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB156)
7. **09/19/07 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB156&version=20070AB15695ENR)

## Votes

- AB 156 Laird Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 156 LAIRD Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB156 Laird By Machado — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Laird — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-01-18** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2007-01-19** From printer. May be heard in committee February 18.
- **2007-02-26** Referred to Standing Committee on Water, Parks and Wildlife. `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-12** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 10. Noes 1.) (April 10). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2007-04-16** Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage`
- **2007-04-17** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-25** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2007-06-01** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (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 78. Noes 1. Page 1901.) `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 Natural Resources And Water. `referral-committee`
- **2007-06-19** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2007-06-25** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2007-07-11** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2007-07-23** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2007-08-20** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **2007-08-31** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 10. Noes 6.) . `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2007-08-31** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage`
- **2007-09-11** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 25. Noes 14. Page 2579.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-09-11** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2007-09-12** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 53. Noes 23. Page 3349.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2007-09-28** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3:45 p.m.
- **2007-10-10** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2007-10-10** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 368, Statutes of 2007.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/18545068-4650-42a1-adf2-be447d8b010e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).