---
type: "Bill"
title: "Vehicles: sale: used vehicles."
description: "Vehicles: sale: used vehicles."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 305"
citation: "California AB 305 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Vehicles: sale: used vehicles."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ma"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 19
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2007-02-09"
last_action: "2007-09-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a581e97e-de56-4b4d-a806-e0081794f8a4"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB305"
source_hash: "c201976ff9210c9856b63bd4d63eabb0490e80caf203df5ab5b862dcc8b0e9d6"
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 305 (20072008) — Vehicles: sale: used vehicles.

## 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=200720080AB305&version=20070AB30599INT)
2. **05/23/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB305&version=20070AB30598AMD)
3. **07/03/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB305&version=20070AB30597AMD)
4. **09/21/07 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB305&version=20070AB30595CHP)
5. **AB305** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB305)
6. **09/05/07 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB305&version=20070AB30596ENR)

## Votes

- AB 305 MA Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 305 MA Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent #14 AB305 Ma — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ma — 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.
- **2007-02-26** 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`
- **2007-05-23** 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`
- **2007-06-11** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2007-06-19** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2007-07-02** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) . `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2007-07-03** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage`
- **2007-08-27** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2122.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-08-27** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 29 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2007-08-30** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 2756.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2007-09-06** Enrolled and to the Governor at 6 p.m.
- **2007-09-21** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2007-09-21** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 219, Statutes of 2007.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a581e97e-de56-4b4d-a806-e0081794f8a4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).