---
type: "Bill"
title: "Parks: veterans: park passes."
description: "Parks: veterans: park passes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 257"
citation: "California AB 257 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Parks: veterans: park passes."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anderson"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2007-02-05"
last_action: "2007-07-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e44aa634-691f-4bd0-b794-8ff91ddcfa60"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB257"
source_hash: "720b4559e9dd38e48892b5bbc99fa40d320a345373f19fefda710430646f7617"
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 257 (20072008) — Parks: veterans: park passes.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/05/07 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB257&version=20070AB25799INT)
2. **06/06/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB257&version=20070AB25798AMD)
3. **07/27/07 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB257&version=20070AB25796CHP)
4. **AB257** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB257)
5. **07/24/07 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB257&version=20070AB25797ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 257 ANDERSON Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Water, Parks and Wildlife. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent #13 AB257 Anderson — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 257 ANDERSON Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Anderson — primary (person)
- Lieu — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-02-05** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2007-02-06** From printer. May be heard in committee March 8.
- **2007-02-20** Referred to V. A. and Standing Committee on Water, Parks and Wildlife. `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-11** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Water, Parks and Wildlife Re-referred. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 10). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2007-04-25** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (April 24). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2007-05-10** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 9). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-05-14** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-05-17** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 1534.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-05-17** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2007-05-23** Referred to Standing Committee on Natural Resources And Water. `referral-committee`
- **2007-06-06** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Natural Resources And Water. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2007-06-26** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2007-07-10** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2007-07-11** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-07-16** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 1838.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-07-16** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 18 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2007-07-20** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 2580.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2007-07-24** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2:45 p.m.
- **2007-07-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2007-07-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 129, Statutes of 2007.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e44aa634-691f-4bd0-b794-8ff91ddcfa60`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).