---
type: "Bill"
title: "Office of Emergency Services: statewide registry."
description: "Office of Emergency Services: statewide registry."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 2796"
citation: "California AB 2796 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Office of Emergency Services: statewide registry."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nava"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 26
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2008-02-22"
last_action: "2008-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/576d061a-6dfe-47a8-93c9-f60bf5c3954d"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2796"
source_hash: "b05a4d57f40f5c905b6463937706c8e849517c9c6b70073e60aa638fac13c46c"
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 2796 (20072008) — Office of Emergency Services: statewide registry.

## 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=200720080AB2796&version=20070AB279699INT)
2. **04/01/08 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2796&version=20070AB279698AMD)
3. **05/06/08 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2796&version=20070AB279697AMD)
4. **06/11/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2796&version=20070AB279696AMD)
5. **07/02/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2796&version=20070AB279695AMD)
6. **08/04/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2796&version=20070AB279694AMD)
7. **09/27/08 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2796&version=20070AB279692CHP)
8. **AB2796** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2796)
9. **08/21/08 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2796&version=20070AB279693ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Judiciary. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 2796 NAVA Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent #36 AB2796 Nava By Kehoe — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 2796 NAVA Consent Calendar Second Day — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Nava — primary (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`
- **2008-04-01** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2008-04-01** 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`
- **2008-04-03** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2008-05-05** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. (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 Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-05-12** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 5088.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-05-12** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2008-05-29** Referred to Standing Committee on Rules. `referral-committee`
- **2008-06-11** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2008-06-19** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization and Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2008-06-25** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Judiciary Re-referred. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2008-07-01** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) . `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2008-07-02** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2008-08-04** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2008-08-05** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2008-08-06** 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 5063.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-08-15** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 17 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2008-08-18** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 6619.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2008-09-17** Enrolled and to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2008-09-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2008-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 363, Statutes of 2008.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/576d061a-6dfe-47a8-93c9-f60bf5c3954d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).