---
type: "Bill"
title: "Counties: homicide trials: reimbursement."
description: "Counties: homicide trials: reimbursement."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 1820"
citation: "California AB 1820 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Counties: homicide trials: reimbursement."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Galgiani"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 23
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2008-01-18"
last_action: "2008-08-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6d14c224-93fe-4c61-ba4b-99a5164625c9"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1820"
source_hash: "89ee9f1bbb4882e8c99d452b60f91fb15443ad13f2b36e111ceee3d2b3e686f9"
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 1820 (20072008) — Counties: homicide trials: reimbursement.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/18/08 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1820&version=20070AB182099INT)
2. **04/03/08 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1820&version=20070AB182098AMD)
3. **04/10/08 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1820&version=20070AB182097AMD)
4. **06/11/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1820&version=20070AB182096AMD)
5. **08/01/08 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1820&version=20070AB182094CHP)
6. **AB1820** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1820)
7. **07/16/08 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1820&version=20070AB182095ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1820 GALGIANI Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Special Consent #32 AB1820 Galgiani — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1820 GALGIANI Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Galgiani — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2008-01-18** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2008-01-22** From printer. May be heard in committee February 21.
- **2008-04-03** Referred to Standing Committee on Local Government. `referral-committee`
- **2008-04-03** 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`
- **2008-04-07** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Local Government. `referral-committee`
- **2008-04-10** 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`
- **2008-04-14** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Local Government. `referral-committee`
- **2008-04-17** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 16). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2008-05-08** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 7). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-05-12** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-05-19** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 5202.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-05-19** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2008-05-29** Referred to Standing Committee on Local Government. `referral-committee`
- **2008-06-11** 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`
- **2008-06-18** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2008-06-30** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2008-07-01** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-07-03** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4638.) `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.
- **2008-07-15** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 6116.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2008-07-22** Enrolled and to the Governor at 12:30 p.m.
- **2008-08-01** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2008-08-01** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 213, Statutes of 2008.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6d14c224-93fe-4c61-ba4b-99a5164625c9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).