---
type: "Bill"
title: "Maintenance of the codes."
description: "Maintenance of the codes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 299"
citation: "California AB 299 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Maintenance of the codes."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Tran"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 17
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2007-02-09"
last_action: "2007-07-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ffe6c2ee-16d7-40d6-b789-8d03812eb972"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB299"
source_hash: "2a8f38507d50fab4adb895be76e5bb259932da6baae087f5b70bca26e57a6791"
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 299 (20072008) — Maintenance of the codes.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **02/09/07 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB299&version=20070AB29999INT)
2. **06/11/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB299&version=20070AB29998AMD)
3. **07/27/07 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB299&version=20070AB29996CHP)
4. **AB299** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB299)
5. **07/24/07 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB299&version=20070AB29997ENR)

## Votes

- AB 299 TRAN Consent Calendar Second Day — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar 2nd AB299 Tran — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be placed on the Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 299 TRAN Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Tran — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2007-02-09** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2007-02-13** From printer. May be heard in committee March 15.
- **2007-02-20** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-28** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (March 27). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-03-29** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-04-12** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 937.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-04-12** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2007-05-02** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2007-06-11** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2007-06-27** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-06-28** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-07-09** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 1721.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-07-09** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 11 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2007-07-20** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2591.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2007-07-25** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11:15 a.m.
- **2007-07-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2007-07-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 130, Statutes of 2007.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ffe6c2ee-16d7-40d6-b789-8d03812eb972`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).