republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20212022/ab-2208.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Fluorescent lamps: sale and distribution: prohibition."
description: "Existing law regulates certain consumer products, including consumer products containing mercury."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "AB 2208"
citation: "California AB 2208 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Fluorescent lamps: sale and distribution: prohibition."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kalra"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 23
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2022-02-15"
last_action: "2022-09-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/90c8a7e3-6531-4c50-a70a-5baf33759e79"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2208"
source_hash: "40d891dff947ade3db278124fd6d4b5af5f6b85b1ab5de2c5656550cd573f346"
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 2208 (20212022) — Fluorescent lamps: sale and distribution: prohibition.

Existing law regulates certain consumer products, including consumer products containing mercury.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/15/22 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2208&version=20210AB220899INT)
2. **04/19/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2208&version=20210AB220898AMD)
3. **05/25/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2208&version=20210AB220897AMD)
4. **06/30/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2208&version=20210AB220896AMD)
5. **09/18/22 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2208&version=20210AB220894CHP)
6. **AB2208** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2208)
7. **08/26/22 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2208&version=20210AB220895ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading AB2208 Kalra et al. By Becker — **31–8** (pass) · upper
- AB 2208 Kalra Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **54–17** (pass) · lower
- AB 2208 Kalra Assembly Third Reading — **51–15** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **6–3** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **4–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kalra — primary (person)
- Becker — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-15** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2022-02-16** From printer. May be heard in committee March 18.
- **2022-02-24** Referred to Com. on E.S. & T.M. `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-06** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2022-04-19** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on E.S. & T.M. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-04-20** Re-referred to Com. on E.S. & T.M. `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-27** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 3.) (April 26). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-28** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-05-09** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 51. Noes 15.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-05-10** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2022-05-18** Referred to Com. on E.Q. `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-25** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on E.Q. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2022-06-08** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (June 8). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-09** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-06-30** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-08-01** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-08-23** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 31. Noes 8. Page 4989.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-08-23** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 25 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2022-08-24** Assembly Rule 77(a) suspended.
- **2022-08-24** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 54. Noes 17.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-08-31** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2022-09-18** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-09-18** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 409, Statutes of 2022. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/90c8a7e3-6531-4c50-a70a-5baf33759e79`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).