---
type: "Bill"
title: "Special primary election: vacancies."
description: "Special primary election: vacancies."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 3070"
citation: "California AB 3070 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Special primary election: vacancies."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Elections and Redistricting"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2008-03-06"
last_action: "2008-07-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/89a8cc94-e431-4ff7-99a4-8f460e42a584"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB3070"
source_hash: "a25581f3613e1d5602336c0026eb3aa2404e73431a8bf7862617d2619ceb56b0"
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 3070 (20072008) — Special primary election: vacancies.

## Version chain

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

1. **03/06/08 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB3070&version=20070AB307099INT)
2. **07/10/08 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB3070&version=20070AB307097CHP)
3. **AB3070** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB3070)
4. **06/27/08 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB3070&version=20070AB307098ENR)

## Votes

- AB 3070 E.& R. Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be placed on the Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Consent Calendar 2nd AB3070 Committee on E. & R. (Price) — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Committee on Elections and Redistricting — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2008-03-06** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2008-03-10** From printer. May be heard in committee April 6.
- **2008-03-13** Referred to Standing Committee on Elections and Redistricting. `referral-committee`
- **2008-04-23** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (April 22). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-04-24** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-05-01** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 4932.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-05-01** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2008-05-08** Referred to Com. on E., R. & C.A. `referral-committee`
- **2008-06-18** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-06-19** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-06-26** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 4454.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-06-26** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2008-07-01** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
- **2008-07-10** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2008-07-10** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 108, Statutes of 2008.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/89a8cc94-e431-4ff7-99a4-8f460e42a584`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).