---
type: "Bill"
title: "State government."
description: "State government."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 1389"
citation: "California AB 1389 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["State government."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Budget"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 34
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2007-02-23"
last_action: "2008-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a35ee28d-3ebf-4fb8-84d8-75a2a4189666"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1389"
source_hash: "679b95f5e6d3d7cb23f882ee2d7360a703b6126a8998a3f9e613eef1e1ff9faf"
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 1389 (20072008) — State government.

## 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=200720080AB1389&version=20070AB138999INT)
2. **01/07/08 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1389&version=20070AB138998AMD)
3. **07/01/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1389&version=20070AB138997AMD)
4. **08/21/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1389&version=20070AB138996AMD)
5. **09/15/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1389&version=20070AB138995AMD)
6. **09/30/08 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1389&version=20070AB138993CHP)
7. **AB1389** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1389)
8. **09/17/08 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1389&version=20070AB138994ENR)

## Votes

- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Committee amendments. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1389 BUDGET Concurrence- Urgency Added By LAIRD — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- W/O REF. TO FILE AB1389 Torrico Urgency Clause — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1389 TORRICO Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Committee on Budget — 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`
- **2007-03-29** Referred to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization. `referral-committee`
- **2008-01-07** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, referral-committee`
- **2008-01-08** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization. `referral-committee`
- **2008-01-10** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 13. Noes 0. Page 3681.) (January 9). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2008-01-24** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (January 24). Read second time. To third reading. `committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-01-28** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 3839.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-01-28** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2008-02-07** Referred to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization. `referral-committee`
- **2008-06-30** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) . `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2008-07-01** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2008-08-04** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **2008-08-11** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-08-12** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-08-21** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-1, reading-3, amendment-passage`
- **2008-08-22** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-08-25** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules. `referral-committee`
- **2008-08-29** 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`
- **2008-08-29** Withdrawn from committee. Ordered placed on third reading file.
- **2008-08-29** Action rescinded whereby the bill was reported from committee with author's amendments and whereby the bill was read second time, amended, and re-referred to committee. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2008-08-29** To third reading.
- **2008-08-30** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules. `referral-committee`
- **2008-09-15** Joint Rule 61(b)(16) suspended. (Page 5562.)
- **2008-09-15** Withdrawn from committee. Ordered placed on third reading file.
- **2008-09-15** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-1, reading-3, amendment-passage`
- **2008-09-15** Senate Rule 29.3 suspended.
- **2008-09-16** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. (Ayes 28. Noes 12. Page 5591.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-09-16** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2008-09-16** Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 55. Noes 22. Page 7233.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2008-09-19** Enrolled and to the Governor at 6:30 p.m.
- **2008-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2008-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 751, Statutes of 2008.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a35ee28d-3ebf-4fb8-84d8-75a2a4189666`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).