---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public employee disability benefits."
description: "Public employee disability benefits."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 2023"
citation: "California AB 2023 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public employee disability benefits."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Houston"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 26
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2008-02-15"
last_action: "2008-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c5b5c732-6cf4-403e-9b16-d728cf3aec87"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2023"
source_hash: "a011cc200db4f98dfce5ac5037e1754c4c5d7b6f154f7c0c2665da4c4d4c82e4"
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 2023 (20072008) — Public employee disability benefits.

## 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=200720080AB2023&version=20070AB202399INT)
2. **04/03/08 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2023&version=20070AB202398AMD)
3. **05/22/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2023&version=20070AB202397AMD)
4. **06/18/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2023&version=20070AB202396AMD)
5. **07/07/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2023&version=20070AB202395AMD)
6. **08/04/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2023&version=20070AB202394AMD)
7. **09/27/08 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2023&version=20070AB202392CHP)
8. **AB2023** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2023)
9. **08/14/08 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2023&version=20070AB202393ENR)

## Votes

- AB 2023 HOUSTON Special Consent Calendar 2nd Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Special Consent #35 AB2023 Houston By Harman — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 2023 HOUSTON Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Houston — 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.
- **2008-04-03** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Employees, Retirement and Social Security. `referral-committee`
- **2008-04-03** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Public Employees, Retirement and Social Security Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, referral-committee`
- **2008-04-07** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Employees, Retirement and Social Security. `referral-committee`
- **2008-04-09** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2008-04-23** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (April 23). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-04-24** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-05-01** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 4932.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-05-01** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2008-05-08** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Employment and Retirement. `referral-committee`
- **2008-05-22** 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`
- **2008-06-18** 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`
- **2008-06-24** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-06-25** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-07-07** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-1, reading-3, amendment-passage`
- **2008-07-10** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **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`
- **2008-08-07** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 4854.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-08-07** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 10 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2008-08-07** Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
- **2008-08-12** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 6385.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2008-09-17** Enrolled and to the Governor at 12:45 p.m.
- **2008-09-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2008-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 370, Statutes of 2008.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c5b5c732-6cf4-403e-9b16-d728cf3aec87`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).