---
type: "Bill"
title: "Vital records."
description: "Vital records."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 1684"
citation: "California AB 1684 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Vital records."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Emmerson"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 29
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2007-02-23"
last_action: "2008-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6bdf16a5-c3a0-4c17-8934-4e1908c34e3d"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1684"
source_hash: "b20215b62f6f3cab3c66f04d30539a41dcd3ec673caefd5980fbddf6b5a8c9d6"
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 1684 (20072008) — Vital records.

## 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=200720080AB1684&version=20070AB168499INT)
2. **04/09/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1684&version=20070AB168498AMD)
3. **04/23/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1684&version=20070AB168497AMD)
4. **06/10/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1684&version=20070AB168494AMD)
5. **06/19/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1684&version=20070AB168496AMD)
6. **06/28/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1684&version=20070AB168495AMD)
7. **09/27/08 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1684&version=20070AB168492CHP)
8. **AB1684** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1684)
9. **08/08/08 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1684&version=20070AB168493ENR)

## Votes

- Senate amendments be concurred in. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Judiciary. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1684 EMMERSON Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be placed on the Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1684 EMMERSON Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar 2nd AB1684 Emmerson — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Emmerson — 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`
- **2007-03-26** 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`
- **2007-04-19** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 18). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2007-04-23** Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage`
- **2007-04-24** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-17** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 16). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-05-21** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-05-24** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1629.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-05-24** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2007-06-07** Referred to Standing Committee on Local Government and Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2007-06-19** 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`
- **2007-06-26** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2007-06-28** 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`
- **2008-05-07** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Judiciary Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2008-06-10** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2008-06-25** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-06-26** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-07-02** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 4620.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-07-03** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 12 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2008-07-14** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee`
- **2008-08-05** From committee: With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (August 5). `committee-passage`
- **2008-08-07** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 6251.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2008-09-16** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
- **2008-09-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2008-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 433, Statutes of 2008.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6bdf16a5-c3a0-4c17-8934-4e1908c34e3d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).