---
type: "Bill"
title: "Notaries public."
description: "Notaries public."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 2452"
citation: "California AB 2452 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Notaries public."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Davis"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 20
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2008-02-21"
last_action: "2008-07-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2a1f2af6-63cb-4a32-bf73-1d67cca0526a"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2452"
source_hash: "bbe9f1ff944bd9688e182a8cfeab39bdd80510abd0eb87fb11846c3c1538c4ab"
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 2452 (20072008) — Notaries public.

## 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=200720080AB2452&version=20070AB245299INT)
2. **04/21/08 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2452&version=20070AB245298AMD)
3. **05/06/08 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2452&version=20070AB245297AMD)
4. **06/02/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2452&version=20070AB245296AMD)
5. **06/17/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2452&version=20070AB245295AMD)
6. **07/03/08 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2452&version=20070AB245293CHP)
7. **AB2452** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2452)
8. **06/24/08 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2452&version=20070AB245294ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar 2nd AB2452 Davis — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 2452 DAVIS Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 2452 DAVIS Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Davis — 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`
- **2008-04-21** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, referral-committee`
- **2008-04-22** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. `referral-committee`
- **2008-05-05** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 29). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2008-05-06** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage`
- **2008-05-07** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-05-15** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 5147.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-05-15** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2008-05-22** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2008-06-02** 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`
- **2008-06-16** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2008-06-17** Read second time, amended, and to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage`
- **2008-06-19** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 4300.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-06-19** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after June 21 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2008-06-23** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 5829.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2008-06-26** Enrolled and to the Governor at 10:30 a.m.
- **2008-07-03** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2008-07-03** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 67, Statutes of 2008.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2a1f2af6-63cb-4a32-bf73-1d67cca0526a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).