republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20072008/ab-1879.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Hazardous materials: toxic substances."
description: "Hazardous materials: toxic substances."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 1879"
citation: "California AB 1879 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Hazardous materials: toxic substances."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Feuer"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 33
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2008-02-04"
last_action: "2008-09-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9aa0a72d-4d5f-4ac4-98f1-0299c5cb0f7a"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1879"
source_hash: "01fb00b45ed11287fb370c474f5b1e6d929867aecbdf84869aedf8277eab1731"
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 1879 (20072008) — Hazardous materials: toxic substances.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/04/08 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1879&version=20070AB187999INT)
2. **04/03/08 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1879&version=20070AB187998AMD)
3. **05/28/08 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1879&version=20070AB187997AMD)
4. **06/17/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1879&version=20070AB187996AMD)
5. **08/12/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1879&version=20070AB187995AMD)
6. **08/20/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1879&version=20070AB187994AMD)
7. **09/29/08 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1879&version=20070AB187992CHP)
8. **AB1879** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1879)
9. **09/11/08 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1879&version=20070AB187993ENR)

## Votes

- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1879 FEUER Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Health. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1879 FEUER Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB1879 Feuer By Simitian — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Feuer — primary (person)
- Blakeslee — principal coauthor (person)
- Calderon — coauthor (person)
- Hernandez — principal coauthor (person)
- Huffman — author (person)
- Simitian — principal coauthor (person)
- Solorio — principal coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2008-02-04** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2008-02-06** From printer. May be heard in committee March 7.
- **2008-04-03** Referred to Standing Committee on Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials and Standing Committee on Health. `referral-committee`
- **2008-04-03** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, referral-committee`
- **2008-04-07** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials. `referral-committee`
- **2008-04-08** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Health. Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (April 8). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2008-04-16** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (April 15). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2008-04-30** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2008-05-23** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (May 22). Read second time. To third reading. `committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-05-28** Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. (Page 5432.). `reading-1, reading-3, amendment-passage`
- **2008-05-29** Assembly Rule 69(d) suspended. (Page 5544.).
- **2008-05-29** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 47. Noes 29. Page 5551.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-06-02** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2008-06-12** Referred to Standing Committee on Environmental Quality. `referral-committee`
- **2008-06-17** 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`
- **2008-06-24** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2008-07-14** Place on Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file.
- **2008-08-11** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 8. Noes 6.) . `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2008-08-12** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage`
- **2008-08-20** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-1, reading-3, amendment-passage`
- **2008-08-21** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-08-21** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10. `referral-committee`
- **2008-08-21** From committee: Be re-referred to Standing Committee on Environmental Quality pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) Re-referred to Standing Committee on Environmental Quality. `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2008-08-21** From committee: Return to Senate floor for consideration. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) `committee-passage`
- **2008-08-25** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 24. Noes 13. Page 5362.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-08-30** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2008-08-30** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee`
- **2008-08-30** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice waived. (Ayes 45. Noes 28. Page 7068.)
- **2008-08-30** From committee: With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 30). `committee-passage`
- **2008-08-31** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 64. Noes 12. Page 7111.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2008-09-18** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2008-09-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2008-09-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 559, Statutes of 2008.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9aa0a72d-4d5f-4ac4-98f1-0299c5cb0f7a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).