---
type: "Bill"
title: "Search and Rescue Memorial."
description: "Search and Rescue Memorial."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 136"
citation: "California AB 136 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Search and Rescue Memorial."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Emmerson"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 24
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2007-01-16"
last_action: "2007-10-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/523e477e-117b-441f-a4bf-d2af677b5e2a"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB136"
source_hash: "06cc7be9a680e1a89668c78831a05bfbd33fa6961cbdce51aae1b6c58d0f1244"
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 136 (20072008) — Search and Rescue Memorial.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/16/07 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB136&version=20070AB13699INT)
2. **07/11/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB136&version=20070AB13698AMD)
3. **07/20/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB136&version=20070AB13697AMD)
4. **08/01/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB136&version=20070AB13696AMD)
5. **09/04/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB136&version=20070AB13695AMD)
6. **10/08/07 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB136&version=20070AB13693CHP)
7. **AB136** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB136)
8. **09/18/07 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB136&version=20070AB13694ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Special Consent #19 AB136 Emmerson — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 136 EMMERSON Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 136 EMMERSON Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Emmerson — primary (person)
- Benoit — coauthor (person)
- Carter — coauthor (person)
- Cook — coauthor (person)
- Dutton — coauthor (person)
- Garcia — coauthor (person)
- Hollingsworth — coauthor (person)
- Horton — coauthor (person)
- Huff — coauthor (person)
- Jeffries — coauthor (person)
- Maze — coauthor (person)
- Sharon Runner — coauthor (person)
- Soto — coauthor (person)
- Spitzer — coauthor (person)
- Strickland — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-01-16** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2007-01-17** From printer. May be heard in committee February 16.
- **2007-03-15** Referred to Standing Committee on Rules. `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-23** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 23). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, 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 1534.) `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 Rules. `referral-committee`
- **2007-07-11** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2007-07-17** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2007-07-20** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2007-07-25** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2007-08-01** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2007-08-21** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2007-08-29** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2007-08-30** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice waived.
- **2007-09-04** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) . Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2007-09-06** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2410.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-09-07** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 9 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2007-09-10** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 3137.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2007-09-24** Enrolled and to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2007-10-08** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2007-10-08** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 311, Statutes of 2007.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/523e477e-117b-441f-a4bf-d2af677b5e2a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).