---
type: "Bill"
title: "Crime victims: mental health counseling."
description: "Crime victims: mental health counseling."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 2809"
citation: "California AB 2809 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Crime victims: mental health counseling."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Leno"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 28
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2008-02-22"
last_action: "2008-09-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ddebeb22-1a54-47a5-b360-76c5005fce9d"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2809"
source_hash: "7851f0c7415c9d4ba87e138a32a10ba7771bb6f600cc9a54d5bc45ec46e54f0f"
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 2809 (20072008) — Crime victims: mental health counseling.

## 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=200720080AB2809&version=20070AB280999INT)
2. **04/02/08 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2809&version=20070AB280998AMD)
3. **04/17/08 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2809&version=20070AB280997AMD)
4. **05/15/08 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2809&version=20070AB280996AMD)
5. **08/13/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2809&version=20070AB280995AMD)
6. **09/29/08 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2809&version=20070AB280993CHP)
7. **AB2809** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2809)
8. **08/26/08 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2809&version=20070AB280994ENR)

## Votes

- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Special Consent #37 AB2809 Leno By Calderon — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 2809 LENO Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 2809 LENO Consent Calendar Second Day — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Leno — primary (person)
- Price — 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`
- **2008-04-01** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2008-04-02** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Public Safety Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, referral-committee`
- **2008-04-03** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2008-04-16** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 8). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2008-04-17** Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage`
- **2008-04-21** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2008-05-14** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. (May 7). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2008-05-15** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage`
- **2008-05-19** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-05-22** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 5271.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-05-22** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2008-05-29** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2008-06-17** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2008-06-30** Place on Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file.
- **2008-08-11** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-08-12** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **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`
- **2008-08-19** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5165.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-08-19** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 21 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2008-08-20** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 6750.)
- **2008-08-20** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Page 6728.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2008-09-23** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2008-09-29** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2008-09-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 587, Statutes of 2008.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ddebeb22-1a54-47a5-b360-76c5005fce9d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).