---
type: "Bill"
title: "Courts: access to justice."
description: "Courts: access to justice."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 2448"
citation: "California AB 2448 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Courts: access to justice."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Feuer"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 23
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2008-02-21"
last_action: "2008-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e3e6ef62-b8c7-4b92-845c-ae1a54680e29"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2448"
source_hash: "371aea6cf0b17725bdead5a5d9016a647ff7106c9404ed0b84081c2da142629e"
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 2448 (20072008) — Courts: access to justice.

## 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=200720080AB2448&version=20070AB244899INT)
2. **03/10/08 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2448&version=20070AB244898AMD)
3. **06/16/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2448&version=20070AB244897AMD)
4. **09/27/08 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2448&version=20070AB244895CHP)
5. **AB2448** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2448)
6. **08/13/08 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2448&version=20070AB244896ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 2448 FEUER Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB2448 Feuer By Corbett — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 2448 FEUER Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Feuer — 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 Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2008-03-10** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Judiciary Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, referral-committee`
- **2008-03-11** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2008-04-01** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2008-04-08** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 8. Noes 2.) (April 8). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2008-04-24** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (April 23). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-04-28** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-05-08** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 50. Noes 25. Page 5028.) `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 Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2008-06-04** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2008-06-16** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2008-06-25** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 3. Noes 2.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2008-08-04** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-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 23. Noes 15. Page 4840.) `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.
- **2008-08-12** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 54. Noes 24. Page 6323.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2008-09-17** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11 a.m.
- **2008-09-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2008-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 462, Statutes of 2008.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e3e6ef62-b8c7-4b92-845c-ae1a54680e29`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).