---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public officials: conflicts of interest."
description: "Public officials: conflicts of interest."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 1678"
citation: "California AB 1678 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public officials: conflicts of interest."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["De La Torre"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 21
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2007-02-23"
last_action: "2007-07-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9a0f489c-27df-4ea3-97e9-c19b299610d0"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1678"
source_hash: "bebdfd800bfdc51e1b75fa9f4f92092208bd04b6fc3d83848193d30f19f44f16"
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 1678 (20072008) — Public officials: conflicts of interest.

## 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=200720080AB1678&version=20070AB167899INT)
2. **04/09/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1678&version=20070AB167898AMD)
3. **05/03/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1678&version=20070AB167897AMD)
4. **05/14/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1678&version=20070AB167896AMD)
5. **07/12/07 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1678&version=20070AB167894CHP)
6. **AB1678** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1678)
7. **06/30/07 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1678&version=20070AB167895ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be placed on the Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1678 DE LA TORRE Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar 2nd AB1678 De La Torre — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- De La Torre — 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`
- **2007-04-09** Referred to Standing Committee on Local Government. `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-09** 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`
- **2007-04-10** Re-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 7. Noes 0.) (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`
- **2007-05-17** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 1532.) `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 Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2007-06-19** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-06-20** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-06-28** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 1589.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-06-28** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2007-07-02** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3:45 p.m.
- **2007-07-12** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2007-07-12** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 68, Statutes of 2007.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9a0f489c-27df-4ea3-97e9-c19b299610d0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).