---
type: "Bill"
title: "Battering: writ of habeas corpus."
description: "Battering: writ of habeas corpus."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 2306"
citation: "California AB 2306 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Battering: writ of habeas corpus."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Karnette"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 16
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2008-02-21"
last_action: "2008-07-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fd9dd6e6-34f3-4f58-a0f5-50d83d5e2cdc"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2306"
source_hash: "9e9210970d1fac95460f0397fa0f225fcb5c205ccf0c64edf76f163391336ec2"
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 2306 (20072008) — Battering: writ of habeas corpus.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/21/08 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2306&version=20070AB230699INT)
2. **05/05/08 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2306&version=20070AB230698AMD)
3. **07/18/08 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2306&version=20070AB230696CHP)
4. **AB2306** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2306)
5. **07/01/08 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2306&version=20070AB230697ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB2306 Karnette By Kuehl — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 2306 KARNETTE Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Karnette — primary (person)
- Calderon — coauthor (person)
- Davis — coauthor (person)
- Dymally — coauthor (person)
- Horton — coauthor (person)
- Kuehl — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2008-02-21** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2008-02-22** From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
- **2008-03-05** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2008-04-29** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 29). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-04-30** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-05-05** Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. (Page 4979.). `reading-1, reading-3, amendment-passage`
- **2008-05-08** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 68. Noes 0. Page 5041.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-05-08** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2008-05-15** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2008-06-10** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-06-11** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-06-30** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 30. Noes 6. Page 4521.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-07-01** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2008-07-07** Enrolled and to the Governor at 12:30 p.m.
- **2008-07-18** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2008-07-18** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 146, Statutes of 2008.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fd9dd6e6-34f3-4f58-a0f5-50d83d5e2cdc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).