---
type: "Bill"
title: "End-of-life care."
description: "End-of-life care."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 2747"
citation: "California AB 2747 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["End-of-life care."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Berg"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 27
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2008-02-22"
last_action: "2008-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f2f3b42f-c301-4d09-94ed-808bed8e3e34"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2747"
source_hash: "865970a996b74ba203adbac589f65a7e7fd25b4978ae189c98fa775dfa4d36d1"
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 2747 (20072008) — End-of-life care.

## 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=200720080AB2747&version=20070AB274799INT)
2. **03/25/08 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2747&version=20070AB274798AMD)
3. **04/07/08 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2747&version=20070AB274797AMD)
4. **04/24/08 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2747&version=20070AB274796AMD)
5. **05/15/08 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2747&version=20070AB274795AMD)
6. **07/02/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2747&version=20070AB274794AMD)
7. **08/13/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2747&version=20070AB274793AMD)
8. **09/30/08 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2747&version=20070AB274791CHP)
9. **AB2747** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2747)
10. **09/03/08 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2747&version=20070AB274792ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 2747 BERG Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Judiciary. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 2747 BERG Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB2747 Berg By Kuehl — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Berg — primary (person)
- Bass — coauthor (person)
- Brownley — coauthor (person)
- Huffman — coauthor (person)
- Jones — coauthor (person)
- Levine — author (person)
- Mullin — coauthor (person)
- Salas — coauthor (person)
- Torrico — coauthor (person)
- Wolk — coauthor (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 Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2008-03-25** 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`
- **2008-03-28** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2008-04-07** 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`
- **2008-04-08** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2008-04-24** 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`
- **2008-04-28** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2008-04-30** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 3.) (April 29). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-05-01** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-05-15** Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. (Page 5135.). `reading-1, reading-3, amendment-passage`
- **2008-05-28** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 42. Noes 34. Page 5464.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-05-29** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2008-06-12** Referred to Standing Committee on Health and Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2008-06-26** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Judiciary Re-referred. (Ayes 6. Noes 4.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2008-07-01** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 3. Noes 2.) . `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2008-07-02** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage`
- **2008-08-13** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-1, reading-3, amendment-passage`
- **2008-08-14** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-08-20** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 21. Noes 17. Page 5186.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-08-26** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 28 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2008-08-28** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 42. Noes 34. Page 6926.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2008-09-18** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11 a.m.
- **2008-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2008-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 683, Statutes of 2008.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f2f3b42f-c301-4d09-94ed-808bed8e3e34`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).