---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public retirement systems: investments: Iran."
description: "Public retirement systems: investments: Iran."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 221"
citation: "California AB 221 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public retirement systems: investments: Iran."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anderson"]
version_count: 12
action_count: 34
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2007-01-29"
last_action: "2007-10-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/406ed4e2-95a7-406b-98e8-418f96baf5d0"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB221"
source_hash: "bb46058fba34667b9e1796a9320c732acdc44105f1bd32f52fc3030a4390ae09"
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 221 (20072008) — Public retirement systems: investments: Iran.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/29/07 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB221&version=20070AB22199INT)
2. **03/05/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB221&version=20070AB22198AMD)
3. **03/12/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB221&version=20070AB22197AMD)
4. **04/17/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB221&version=20070AB22196AMD)
5. **05/01/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB221&version=20070AB22195AMD)
6. **06/01/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB221&version=20070AB22194AMD)
7. **06/14/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB221&version=20070AB22193AMD)
8. **07/18/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB221&version=20070AB22192AMD)
9. **09/04/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB221&version=20070AB22191AMD)
10. **10/14/07 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB221&version=20070AB22189CHP)
11. **AB221** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB221)
12. **09/18/07 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB221&version=20070AB22190ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 221 ANDERSON Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Judiciary. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 221 ANDERSON Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Rules. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB221 Anderson By Steinberg — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Anderson — primary (person)
- Aanestad — coauthor (person)
- Adams — coauthor (person)
- Ashburn — coauthor (person)
- Battin — coauthor (person)
- Benoit — coauthor (person)
- Caballero — coauthor (person)
- Cogdill — coauthor (person)
- Cook — coauthor (person)
- De Leon — coauthor (person)
- DeVore — coauthor (person)
- Dutton — coauthor (person)
- Duvall — coauthor (person)
- Emmerson — coauthor (person)
- Evans — coauthor (person)
- Feuer — coauthor (person)
- Gaines — coauthor (person)
- Garrick — coauthor (person)
- Horton — coauthor (person)
- Houston — coauthor (person)
- Huffman — coauthor (person)
- Jeffries — coauthor (person)
- Keene — coauthor (person)
- Leno — coauthor (person)
- Levine — principal coauthor (person)
- Lieber — principal coauthor (person)
- Lieu — principal coauthor (person)
- Ma — principal coauthor (person)
- Oropeza — coauthor (person)
- Plescia — coauthor (person)
- Portantino — coauthor (person)
- Romero — coauthor (person)
- Runner — coauthor (person)
- Sharon Runner — coauthor (person)
- Silva — coauthor (person)
- Solorio — principal coauthor (person)
- Spitzer — coauthor (person)
- Steinberg — coauthor (person)
- Strickland — coauthor (person)
- Tran — coauthor (person)
- Villines — coauthor (person)
- Wyland — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-01-29** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2007-01-30** From printer. May be heard in committee March 1.
- **2007-02-20** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Employees, Retirement and Social Security and Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-05** 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`
- **2007-03-06** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Employees, Retirement and Social Security. `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-12** 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`
- **2007-03-13** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Employees, Retirement and Social Security. `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-16** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Judiciary (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (March 28). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2007-04-17** Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage`
- **2007-04-17** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2007-04-18** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-30** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 24). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2007-05-01** Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage`
- **2007-05-02** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-07** (Corrected May 4.)
- **2007-06-01** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 31). Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2007-06-04** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-06-05** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 1907.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-06-06** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2007-06-14** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Employment and Retirement. `referral-committee`
- **2007-06-14** 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`
- **2007-06-26** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Rules Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 1539.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2007-06-28** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2007-07-11** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2007-07-18** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2007-07-23** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2007-08-20** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **2007-09-04** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) . Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2007-09-06** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 2400.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-09-07** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 9 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2007-09-10** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 3137.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2007-09-24** Enrolled and to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2007-10-14** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2007-10-14** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 671, Statutes of 2007.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/406ed4e2-95a7-406b-98e8-418f96baf5d0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).