republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20192020/ab-206.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public nuisance: abatement: lead-based paint."
description: "Existing law defines a public nuisance as one that affects an entire community or neighborhood at the same time, or any considerable number of persons, although the extent of the annoyance or damage inflicted upon individuals may be unequal, and provides that a public nuisance may be remedied by an indictment or information, a civil action, or abatement."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20192020"
identifier: "AB 206"
citation: "California AB 206 (20192020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public nuisance: abatement: lead-based paint."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chiu"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 22
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-01-14"
last_action: "2019-08-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a15de460-ba26-44ef-b959-8331938e9d1e"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB206"
source_hash: "9bf3d22abaf5c04ca008c960bde89e7ec07a7f00801ff7cee565194761096877"
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 206 (20192020) — Public nuisance: abatement: lead-based paint.

Existing law defines a public nuisance as one that affects an entire community or neighborhood at the same time, or any considerable number of persons, although the extent of the annoyance or damage inflicted upon individuals may be unequal, and provides that a public nuisance may be remedied by an indictment or information, a civil action, or abatement.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/14/19 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB206&version=20190AB20699INT)
2. **03/14/19 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB206&version=20190AB20698AMD)
3. **05/30/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB206&version=20190AB20697AMD)
4. **08/30/19 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB206&version=20190AB20695CHP)
5. **AB206** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB206)
6. **08/16/19 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB206&version=20190AB20696ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Environmental Quality] — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 206 Chiu Assembly Third Reading — **71–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 206 Chiu Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB206 Chiu et al. By Jackson — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Chiu — primary (person)
- Bonta — coauthor (person)
- Carrillo — coauthor (person)
- Limón — coauthor (person)
- Quirk — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-14** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2019-01-15** From printer. May be heard in committee February 14.
- **2019-02-04** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-04** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2019-03-14** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2019-03-18** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-19** Coauthors revised.
- **2019-03-19** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (March 19). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2019-03-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-03-28** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 71. Noes 0. Page 917.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-03-28** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2019-04-24** Referred to Coms. on JUD. and EQ. `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-30** 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`
- **2019-06-11** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on EQ. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 11). Re-referred to Com. on EQ. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-06-20** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 19). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2019-06-24** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-08-12** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2134.). `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-08-13** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 15 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2019-08-15** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 2718.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-08-23** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2019-08-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-08-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 171, Statutes of 2019.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a15de460-ba26-44ef-b959-8331938e9d1e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).