---
type: "Bill"
title: "Surplus line brokers: taxation."
description: "Surplus line brokers: taxation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 1088"
citation: "California AB 1088 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Surplus line brokers: taxation."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carter"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 25
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2007-02-23"
last_action: "2008-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/73630dab-c771-42fa-8ae3-f5cf20e5a5ef"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1088"
source_hash: "4271bf63b4d0a2614928f2734b88779aeadd07b9988dd4100568d63e6750906d"
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 1088 (20072008) — Surplus line brokers: taxation.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/23/07 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1088&version=20070AB108899INT)
2. **05/03/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1088&version=20070AB108898AMD)
3. **05/14/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1088&version=20070AB108897AMD)
4. **06/09/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1088&version=20070AB108896AMD)
5. **09/30/08 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1088&version=20070AB108894CHP)
6. **AB1088** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1088)
7. **08/13/08 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1088&version=20070AB108895ENR)

## Votes

- AB 1088 CARTER Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB1088 Carter By Negrete McLeod — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1088 CARTER Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Carter — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-02-23** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2007-02-25** From printer. May be heard in committee March 27.
- **2007-02-26** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2007-03-22** Referred to Standing Committee on Local Government. `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-03** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Local Government Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, referral-committee`
- **2007-05-07** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Local Government. `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-10** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (May 9). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2007-05-14** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage`
- **2007-05-15** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-05-24** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 63. Noes 11. Page 1617.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-05-24** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2007-06-07** Referred to Standing Committee on Local Government. `referral-committee`
- **2007-07-11** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2008-06-09** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Local Government. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2008-06-10** Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules. `referral-committee`
- **2008-06-12** Re-referred to Com. on B., F. & I. `referral-committee`
- **2008-06-19** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2008-08-04** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-08-05** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-08-07** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 4841.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-08-07** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 10 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2008-08-12** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 6316.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2008-09-17** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11 a.m.
- **2008-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2008-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 654, Statutes of 2008.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/73630dab-c771-42fa-8ae3-f5cf20e5a5ef`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).