---
type: "Bill"
title: "Multiple employer welfare arrangements: investments."
description: "Multiple employer welfare arrangements: investments."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 1188"
citation: "California AB 1188 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Multiple employer welfare arrangements: investments."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Coto"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 30
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2007-02-23"
last_action: "2008-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0ae3162c-5c65-4f40-8685-45fe64cd5327"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1188"
source_hash: "0469710884ff3e394ce78c67f947ce8c67ad377f6d04e85425024687fea6a882"
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 1188 (20072008) — Multiple employer welfare arrangements: investments.

## 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=200720080AB1188&version=20070AB118899INT)
2. **04/11/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1188&version=20070AB118898AMD)
3. **04/24/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1188&version=20070AB118897AMD)
4. **06/09/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1188&version=20070AB118896AMD)
5. **07/01/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1188&version=20070AB118895AMD)
6. **09/27/08 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1188&version=20070AB118893CHP)
7. **AB1188** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1188)
8. **08/27/08 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1188&version=20070AB118894ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1188 COTO Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Senate amendments be concurred in. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB1188 Coto By Machado — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Rules Recommend Consent. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1188 COTO Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Coto — 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`
- **2007-03-15** Referred to Standing Committee on Banking and Finance. `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-11** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Banking and Finance Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, referral-committee`
- **2007-04-12** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Banking and Finance. `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-23** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 16). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2007-04-24** Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage`
- **2007-04-25** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-10** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 1.) (May 9). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-05-14** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-05-21** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 2. Page 1569.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-05-21** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2007-06-07** Referred to B., F. & I. and Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2008-06-09** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on B., F. & I. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2008-06-19** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Rules with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2008-06-23** Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2008-07-01** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2008-07-10** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2008-08-05** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2008-08-06** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-08-14** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 5058.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-08-14** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 16 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2008-08-18** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Health. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee`
- **2008-08-21** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice waived. (Page 6762.)
- **2008-08-22** From committee: With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (August 22). `committee-passage`
- **2008-08-25** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 67. Noes 0. Page 6849.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2008-09-18** Enrolled and to the Governor at 9:30 a.m.
- **2008-09-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2008-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 428, Statutes of 2008.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0ae3162c-5c65-4f40-8685-45fe64cd5327`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).