---
type: "Bill"
title: "Residential property contracts: liquidated damages."
description: "Residential property contracts: liquidated damages."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 2020"
citation: "California AB 2020 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Residential property contracts: liquidated damages."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Fuentes"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 24
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2008-02-15"
last_action: "2008-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aa5df867-5c54-4508-a86d-c86075819003"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2020"
source_hash: "ce8a906ea6fdabff69490431617358f32cbdbfdb92d42f3f0bec8c3cc75ee679"
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 2020 (20072008) — Residential property contracts: liquidated damages.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/15/08 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2020&version=20070AB202099INT)
2. **04/16/08 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2020&version=20070AB202098AMD)
3. **05/07/08 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2020&version=20070AB202097AMD)
4. **07/02/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2020&version=20070AB202096AMD)
5. **08/04/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2020&version=20070AB202095AMD)
6. **08/14/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2020&version=20070AB202094AMD)
7. **09/30/08 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2020&version=20070AB202092CHP)
8. **AB2020** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2020)
9. **09/04/08 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2020&version=20070AB202093ENR)

## Votes

- AB 2020 FUENTES Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB2020 Fuentes By Padilla — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 2020 FUENTES Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Fuentes — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2008-02-15** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2008-02-19** From printer. May be heard in committee March 20.
- **2008-02-28** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2008-04-16** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Judiciary Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, referral-committee`
- **2008-04-17** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2008-05-06** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 29). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2008-05-07** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage`
- **2008-05-08** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-05-22** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 5255.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-05-22** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2008-05-29** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2008-07-01** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 3. Noes 0.) . `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2008-07-02** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage`
- **2008-08-04** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-1, reading-3, amendment-passage`
- **2008-08-05** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-08-14** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-1, reading-3, amendment-passage`
- **2008-08-18** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-08-20** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 30. Noes 0. Page 5204.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-08-28** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2008-08-29** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 6955.)
- **2008-08-29** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 6960.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2008-09-18** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11 a.m.
- **2008-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2008-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 665, Statutes of 2008.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/aa5df867-5c54-4508-a86d-c86075819003`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).