---
type: "Bill"
title: "Demonstration projects."
description: "Demonstration projects."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 1702"
citation: "California AB 1702 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Demonstration projects."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blakeslee"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 28
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2007-02-23"
last_action: "2007-10-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3d70476e-5a0d-42f8-828a-41bd27a56751"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1702"
source_hash: "ef829957ebf2f45050c68747690d010ff4cc388a9849b742c1b8a6242c564973"
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 1702 (20072008) — Demonstration projects.

## 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=200720080AB1702&version=20070AB170299INT)
2. **05/14/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1702&version=20070AB170298AMD)
3. **05/31/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1702&version=20070AB170297AMD)
4. **06/18/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1702&version=20070AB170296AMD)
5. **06/21/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1702&version=20070AB170295AMD)
6. **10/05/07 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1702&version=20070AB170293CHP)
7. **AB1702** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1702)
8. **09/07/07 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1702&version=20070AB170294ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1702 BLAKESLEE Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB1702 Blakeslee By Cogdill — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1702 BLAKESLEE Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Blakeslee — 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 Public Employees, Retirement and Social Security. `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-18** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (April 18). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2007-05-02** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, referral-committee`
- **2007-05-03** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-10** Action rescinded whereby the bill was reported from committee with author's amendments and whereby the bill was read second time and amended on May 2 `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2007-05-10** From committee: Do pass as amended. Ordered to consent calendar. (May 2). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, 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 Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-05-17** From Consent Calendar. To third reading pursuant to Joint Rule 22.2.
- **2007-05-31** Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. (Page 1707.). `reading-1, reading-3, amendment-passage`
- **2007-06-04** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 1779.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-06-05** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2007-06-14** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Employment and Retirement. `referral-committee`
- **2007-06-18** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Employment and Retirement. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2007-06-21** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Employment and Retirement. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2007-06-26** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2007-07-10** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-07-11** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-09-04** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 2. Page 2260.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-09-04** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 6 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2007-09-05** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 2925.)
- **2007-09-05** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 2953.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2007-09-11** Enrolled and to the Governor at 7:45 p.m.
- **2007-10-05** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2007-10-05** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 284, Statutes of 2007.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3d70476e-5a0d-42f8-828a-41bd27a56751`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).