---
type: "Bill"
title: "Solicitation: unfair business practices."
description: "Solicitation: unfair business practices."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 2842"
citation: "California AB 2842 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Solicitation: unfair business practices."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Berg"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 26
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2008-02-22"
last_action: "2008-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/24aab0f9-1e66-4dc0-afdc-bd8567dc0d22"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2842"
source_hash: "e7c369c6d3d9a0956c6826285efc46325f583d8f5d85cc73f0a97dc809e1d469"
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 2842 (20072008) — Solicitation: unfair business practices.

## 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=200720080AB2842&version=20070AB284299INT)
2. **04/10/08 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2842&version=20070AB284298AMD)
3. **05/23/08 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2842&version=20070AB284297AMD)
4. **07/10/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2842&version=20070AB284296AMD)
5. **09/30/08 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2842&version=20070AB284294CHP)
6. **AB2842** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2842)
7. **08/21/08 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2842&version=20070AB284295ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Health. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 2842 BERG Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB2842 Berg By Steinberg — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 2842 BERG Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Judiciary. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Berg — 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 Health and Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2008-04-01** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2008-04-09** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Judiciary Re-referred. (Ayes 12. Noes 4.) (April 8). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2008-04-10** 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`
- **2008-04-14** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2008-04-15** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 2.) (April 15). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2008-04-30** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2008-05-23** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (May 22). Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2008-05-27** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-05-28** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 47. Noes 30. Page 5501.) `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 Judiciary and Standing Committee on Health. `referral-committee`
- **2008-06-25** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Health. Re-referred. (Ayes 3. Noes 2.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2008-06-26** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 6. Noes 4.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2008-07-10** 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`
- **2008-08-13** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 23. Noes 15. Page 4977.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-08-13** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 15 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2008-08-18** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 47. Noes 31. Page 6577.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2008-09-17** Enrolled and to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2008-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2008-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 744, Statutes of 2008.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/24aab0f9-1e66-4dc0-afdc-bd8567dc0d22`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).