---
type: "Bill"
title: "Conflict of interest: settlements."
description: "Conflict of interest: settlements."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 2801"
citation: "California AB 2801 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Conflict of interest: settlements."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carter"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 20
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2008-02-22"
last_action: "2008-07-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/770ce1e3-682c-43cd-bb59-6755f99f2d2c"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2801"
source_hash: "a0433bf3193e3c6fd8a5f35e348527d93e2a487c1389f00986a02913004258be"
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 2801 (20072008) — Conflict of interest: settlements.

## 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=200720080AB2801&version=20070AB280199INT)
2. **03/25/08 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2801&version=20070AB280198AMD)
3. **05/27/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2801&version=20070AB280197AMD)
4. **06/17/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2801&version=20070AB280196AMD)
5. **07/21/08 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2801&version=20070AB280194CHP)
6. **AB2801** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2801)
7. **07/01/08 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2801&version=20070AB280195ENR)

## Votes

- AB 2801 CARTER Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 2801 CARTER Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Consent Calendar 2nd AB2801 Carter — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Carter — 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`
- **2008-03-13** 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`
- **2008-04-30** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (April 29). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-05-01** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-05-08** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 5057.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-05-08** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2008-05-15** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2008-05-27** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2008-06-16** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2008-06-17** Read second time, amended, and to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage`
- **2008-06-19** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 4300.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-06-19** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after June 21 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2008-06-30** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 5938.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2008-07-07** Enrolled and to the Governor at 12:30 p.m.
- **2008-07-21** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2008-07-21** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 163, Statutes of 2008.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/770ce1e3-682c-43cd-bb59-6755f99f2d2c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).