---
type: "Bill"
title: "Bad check diversion program."
description: "Bad check diversion program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 2606"
citation: "California AB 2606 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Bad check diversion program."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Emmerson"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2008-02-22"
last_action: "2008-08-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f17a946d-52ed-4a8f-ba2e-91c26f37ae15"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2606"
source_hash: "f392670d58465bf0184e9d881e920ad41bfbe301df5a621a510ebbf434473244"
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 2606 (20072008) — Bad check diversion program.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/22/08 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2606&version=20070AB260699INT)
2. **04/23/08 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2606&version=20070AB260698AMD)
3. **08/04/08 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2606&version=20070AB260696CHP)
4. **AB2606** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2606)
5. **07/16/08 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2606&version=20070AB260697ENR)

## Votes

- AB 2606 EMMERSON Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB2606 Emmerson By Margett — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Emmerson — primary (person)
- Krekorian — author (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2008-02-22** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2008-02-24** From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
- **2008-02-25** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2008-03-13** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2008-03-25** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2008-04-01** In committee: Set, second hearing. Held without recommendation.
- **2008-04-22** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 15). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2008-04-23** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage`
- **2008-04-24** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-05-01** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 70. Noes 1. Page 4923.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-05-01** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2008-05-08** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2008-06-25** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-06-26** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-07-07** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 4653.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-07-14** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2008-07-22** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2:45 p.m.
- **2008-08-04** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2008-08-04** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 264, Statutes of 2008.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f17a946d-52ed-4a8f-ba2e-91c26f37ae15`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).