---
type: "Bill"
title: "State property."
description: "State property."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 2026"
citation: "California AB 2026 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["State property."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Villines"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 33
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2008-02-15"
last_action: "2008-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b1c6c7f5-2501-470e-b8af-9576799f1746"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2026"
source_hash: "fbc1de2c187a65df23538cd08394970cb319a576edf57c3e926372d5659a0e5d"
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 2026 (20072008) — State property.

## 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=200720080AB2026&version=20070AB202699INT)
2. **05/23/08 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2026&version=20070AB202698AMD)
3. **06/18/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2026&version=20070AB202697AMD)
4. **07/01/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2026&version=20070AB202696AMD)
5. **08/21/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2026&version=20070AB202695AMD)
6. **09/15/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2026&version=20070AB202694AMD)
7. **09/30/08 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2026&version=20070AB202692CHP)
8. **AB2026** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2026)
9. **09/17/08 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2026&version=20070AB202693ENR)

## Votes

- W/O REF. TO FILE AB2026 Villines Urgency Clause — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 2026 VILLINES Concurrence- Urgency Added — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 2026 LEVINE Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Villines — 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 Governmental Organization. `referral-committee`
- **2008-04-17** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (April 16). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2008-04-30** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2008-05-23** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (May 22). Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2008-05-27** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-05-28** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 51. Noes 22. Page 5462.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-05-29** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2008-06-05** Referred to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization. `referral-committee`
- **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 Governmental Organization. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2008-06-30** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 7. Noes 1.) . `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2008-07-01** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2008-08-04** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **2008-08-11** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 7.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-08-12** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-08-12** To inactive file on motion of Senator Perata.
- **2008-08-13** From inactive file. To second reading.
- **2008-08-14** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-08-18** To inactive file on motion of Senator Cedillo.
- **2008-08-21** From inactive file. To second reading.
- **2008-08-21** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage`
- **2008-08-21** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(c). (Page 5294.). `referral-committee`
- **2008-09-15** From committee: Return to Senate floor for consideration. `committee-passage`
- **2008-09-15** Joint Rule 61(b)(16) suspended. (Page 5562.)
- **2008-09-15** Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. `reading-1, reading-3, amendment-passage`
- **2008-09-15** Senate Rule 29.3 suspended.
- **2008-09-16** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. (Ayes 29. Noes 9. Page 5594.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-09-16** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2008-09-16** Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 68. Noes 3. Page 7247.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2008-09-25** Enrolled and to the Governor at 10:45 a.m.
- **2008-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2008-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 761, Statutes of 2008.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b1c6c7f5-2501-470e-b8af-9576799f1746`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).