---
type: "Bill"
title: "Economic development."
description: "Economic development."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 1721"
citation: "California AB 1721 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Economic development."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Jobs, Economic Development, and the Economy"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 24
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2007-03-05"
last_action: "2007-10-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cbae6041-276e-4779-b4ac-f60480aaf936"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1721"
source_hash: "4863797b6e2b16d56bc71c8001a5c967d234309d74660d08553190d4343b6705"
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 1721 (20072008) — Economic development.

## Version chain

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

1. **03/05/07 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1721&version=20070AB172199INT)
2. **04/19/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1721&version=20070AB172198AMD)
3. **07/18/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1721&version=20070AB172197AMD)
4. **10/13/07 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1721&version=20070AB172195CHP)
5. **AB1721** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1721)
6. **09/19/07 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1721&version=20070AB172196ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1721 J., E.D.& E. Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB1721 Committee on Jobs, Economic Devel By Ridley-Thomas — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended 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
- AB 1721 J., E.D.& E. Concurrence in Senate Amendments By ARAMBULA — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Committee on Jobs, Economic Development, and the Economy — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-03-05** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2007-03-06** From printer. May be heard in committee April 5.
- **2007-03-29** Referred to Standing Committee on Jobs, Economic Development and the Economy. `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-18** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 17). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2007-04-19** Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage`
- **2007-04-23** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-03** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 2). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-05-07** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-05-10** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 1438.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-05-10** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2007-05-17** Referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Economic Development. `referral-committee`
- **2007-06-25** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2007-07-03** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2007-07-17** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and be amended. `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2007-07-18** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage`
- **2007-08-30** To inactive file on motion of Senator Ridley-Thomas.
- **2007-09-06** From inactive file. To second reading.
- **2007-09-07** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-09-10** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 1. Page 2531.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-09-11** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2007-09-12** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 3336.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2007-09-28** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3:45 p.m.
- **2007-10-13** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2007-10-13** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 631, Statutes of 2007.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cbae6041-276e-4779-b4ac-f60480aaf936`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).