---
type: "Bill"
title: "Court operations."
description: "Court operations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 1949"
citation: "California AB 1949 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Court operations."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Evans"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 24
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2008-02-13"
last_action: "2008-08-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/56d2e5c5-9d43-4fde-9200-b9d0ca9a718b"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1949"
source_hash: "ab7e6a6ab4fb3b57358b48dc6776871f7623eccab03d4998a4f363b76d530ef8"
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 1949 (20072008) — Court operations.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/13/08 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1949&version=20070AB194999INT)
2. **04/10/08 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1949&version=20070AB194998AMD)
3. **05/01/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1949&version=20070AB194997AMD)
4. **06/17/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1949&version=20070AB194996AMD)
5. **08/01/08 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1949&version=20070AB194994CHP)
6. **AB1949** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1949)
7. **07/16/08 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1949&version=20070AB194995ENR)

## Votes

- Assembly 3rd Reading AB1949 Evans — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1949 EVANS Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1949 EVANS Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Evans — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2008-02-13** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2008-02-14** From printer. May be heard in committee March 15.
- **2008-02-28** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2008-03-25** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (March 25). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2008-04-10** 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`
- **2008-04-14** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2008-04-16** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (April 16). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-04-17** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-04-24** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 68. Noes 0. Page 4842.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-04-24** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2008-05-01** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2008-05-01** 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`
- **2008-06-16** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) . `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2008-06-17** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, 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`
- **2008-07-10** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 4684.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-07-10** (Corrected July 10.)
- **2008-07-14** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 16 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2008-07-15** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 6120.)
- **2008-07-15** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 6126.) `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 218, Statutes of 2008.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/56d2e5c5-9d43-4fde-9200-b9d0ca9a718b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).