---
type: "Bill"
title: "Real estate: Recovery Account."
description: "Real estate: Recovery Account."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 2454"
citation: "California AB 2454 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Real estate: Recovery Account."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Emmerson"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 20
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2008-02-21"
last_action: "2008-09-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1cffe817-fef7-427e-9c55-04b6494d955c"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2454"
source_hash: "050cfaff50f30a4a5536cc28cc362498e315ce15fea1633f7c78aad0b208319f"
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 2454 (20072008) — Real estate: Recovery Account.

## 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=200720080AB2454&version=20070AB245499INT)
2. **09/25/08 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2454&version=20070AB245497CHP)
3. **AB2454** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2454)
4. **08/18/08 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2454&version=20070AB245498ENR)

## Votes

- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB2454 Emmerson By Harman — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 2454 EMMERSON Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Emmerson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2008-02-21** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2008-02-23** From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
- **2008-03-10** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2008-04-08** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 8). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2008-04-15** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2008-04-23** 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 5383.) `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: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2008-06-30** Place on Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file.
- **2008-08-11** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-08-12** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-08-14** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5027.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-08-14** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2008-08-30** (Corrected August 29.)
- **2008-09-17** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2:45 p.m.
- **2008-09-25** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2008-09-25** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 279, Statutes of 2008.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1cffe817-fef7-427e-9c55-04b6494d955c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).