---
type: "Bill"
title: "Professions and vocations: licensure."
description: "Professions and vocations: licensure."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 2423"
citation: "California AB 2423 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Professions and vocations: licensure."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bass"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 24
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2008-02-21"
last_action: "2008-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5f01e7dc-7ab7-4e75-86b7-ff7127e1524b"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2423"
source_hash: "00dfea3a8524b5e5e3abbfa6b562debe45b70f02e6ca57fb913750fcd0f704ea"
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 2423 (20072008) — Professions and vocations: licensure.

## 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=200720080AB2423&version=20070AB242399INT)
2. **06/17/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2423&version=20070AB242398AMD)
3. **07/01/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2423&version=20070AB242397AMD)
4. **08/04/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2423&version=20070AB242396AMD)
5. **08/12/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2423&version=20070AB242395AMD)
6. **08/19/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2423&version=20070AB242394AMD)
7. **09/30/08 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2423&version=20070AB242392CHP)
8. **AB2423** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2423)
9. **09/05/08 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2423&version=20070AB242393ENR)

## Votes

- AB 2423 Bass Concurrence in Senate Amendments By ENG — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB2423 Bass By Ridley-Thomas — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 2423 BASS Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bass — primary (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.
- **2008-03-06** Referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. `referral-committee`
- **2008-04-15** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 15). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2008-05-07** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2008-05-23** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 22). Read second time. To third reading. `committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-05-27** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 5385.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-05-28** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2008-06-05** Referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Economic Development. `referral-committee`
- **2008-06-17** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Economic Development. `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 9. Noes 0.) . `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** 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`
- **2008-08-07** (Corrected August 6.)
- **2008-08-11** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) . `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2008-08-12** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage`
- **2008-08-19** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-1, reading-3, amendment-passage`
- **2008-08-20** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-08-21** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5288.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-08-29** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2008-08-29** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 6991.) `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 675, Statutes of 2008.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5f01e7dc-7ab7-4e75-86b7-ff7127e1524b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).