---
type: "Bill"
title: "Reductions in the Budget Act of 2007 relating to state government: fiscal emergency."
description: "Reductions in the Budget Act of 2007 relating to state government: fiscal emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008 Special Session 3"
identifier: "AB 3"
citation: "California AB 3 (20072008 Special Session 3)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Reductions in the Budget Act of 2007 relating to state government: fiscal emergency."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Budget"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 18
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2008-02-04"
last_action: "2008-02-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2dd2cc8a-5d8d-4058-b9bf-97ca9f922820"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720083AB3"
source_hash: "ec113f734292ef390d5d86556b993496f9a9b93fadc10eda3e43f771f2c5c102"
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 3 (20072008 Special Session 3) — Reductions in the Budget Act of 2007 relating to state government: fiscal emergency.

## 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=200720083AB3&version=20073AB399INT)
2. **02/07/08 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720083AB3&version=20073AB398AMD)
3. **02/15/08 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720083AB3&version=20073AB397AMD)
4. **02/16/08 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720083AB3&version=20073AB395CHP)
5. **AB3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720083AB3)
6. **02/15/08 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720083AB3&version=20073AB396ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB3 BUDGET Third Reading Urgency By LAIRD Third Extraordinary Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- W/O REF. TO FILE AB3 Committee on BUDGET (Laird) Urgency Clause — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Committee on Budget — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2008-02-04** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2008-02-05** From printer.
- **2008-02-07** Referred to Standing Committee on Budget. `referral-committee`
- **2008-02-07** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Budget. Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, referral-committee`
- **2008-02-08** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Budget. `referral-committee`
- **2008-02-13** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2008-02-14** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 26. Noes 0.) (February 14). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2008-02-15** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage`
- **2008-02-15** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 1. Page 51.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-02-15** In Senate.
- **2008-02-15** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2008-02-15** Art. IV, Sec. 8(b) of the Constitution suspended. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 26.)
- **2008-02-15** Read second time. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-02-15** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 2. Page 27.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-02-15** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2008-02-15** Enrolled and to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2008-02-16** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2008-02-16** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 1, Statutes of 2007-08 Third Extraordinary Session.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2dd2cc8a-5d8d-4058-b9bf-97ca9f922820`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).