---
type: "Bill"
title: "Improvement districts."
description: "Improvement districts."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 1208"
citation: "California AB 1208 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Improvement districts."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Silva"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 18
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2007-02-23"
last_action: "2007-07-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/15f6a878-e6e1-43bc-97d5-beaa5e570902"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1208"
source_hash: "b9b3f9007278b22e2899f752b10ae8812a270fdb1cc47772b18c274180593edd"
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 1208 (20072008) — Improvement districts.

## 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=200720080AB1208&version=20070AB120899INT)
2. **06/11/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1208&version=20070AB120898AMD)
3. **06/26/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1208&version=20070AB120897AMD)
4. **07/20/07 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1208&version=20070AB120895CHP)
5. **AB1208** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1208)
6. **07/10/07 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1208&version=20070AB120896ENR)

## Votes

- AB 1208 SILVA Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent #11 AB1208 Silva — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1208 SILVA Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Silva — primary (person)
- Jones — coauthor (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`
- **2007-03-26** Referred to Standing Committee on Local Government. `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-10** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 9). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-05-14** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-05-17** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 1539.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-05-17** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2007-05-23** Referred to Standing Committee on Local Government. `referral-committee`
- **2007-06-11** 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`
- **2007-06-25** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) . `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2007-06-26** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage`
- **2007-06-28** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 1596.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-06-28** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after June 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2007-07-09** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 2428.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2007-07-11** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2007-07-20** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2007-07-20** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 114, Statutes of 2007.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/15f6a878-e6e1-43bc-97d5-beaa5e570902`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).