---
type: "Bill"
title: "State agencies: California Emergency Management Agency."
description: "State agencies: California Emergency Management Agency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 38"
citation: "California AB 38 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State agencies: California Emergency Management Agency."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nava"]
version_count: 12
action_count: 34
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2006-12-04"
last_action: "2008-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/228d248d-20cb-4119-a884-2a9390a404b2"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB38"
source_hash: "dce9ae44abef9e3ce1f7a47e6c57d800aa81abc052d4741ba6402ed0beec3100"
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 38 (20072008) — State agencies: California Emergency Management Agency.

## Version chain

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

1. **12/04/06 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB38&version=20070AB3899INT)
2. **03/08/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB38&version=20070AB3898AMD)
3. **04/14/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB38&version=20070AB3896AMD)
4. **05/01/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB38&version=20070AB3897AMD)
5. **05/06/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB38&version=20070AB3895AMD)
6. **06/17/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB38&version=20070AB3894AMD)
7. **08/04/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB38&version=20070AB3893AMD)
8. **08/11/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB38&version=20070AB3892AMD)
9. **08/18/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB38&version=20070AB3891AMD)
10. **09/27/08 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB38&version=20070AB3889CHP)
11. **AB38** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB38)
12. **09/15/08 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB38&version=20070AB3890ENR)

## Votes

- AB 38 Nava Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Rules. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **fail** (fail) · upper
- AB 38 NAVA Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Set, first hearing. Failed passage in Committee. Reconsideration granted. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB38 Nava By Kehoe — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Nava — primary (person)
- Beall — coauthor (person)
- Cedillo — coauthor (person)
- Jeffries — coauthor (person)
- Lieber — coauthor (person)
- Padilla — coauthor (person)
- Perata — coauthor (person)
- Torrico — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2006-12-04** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2006-12-05** From printer. May be heard in committee January 4.
- **2007-02-01** Referred to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization. `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-08** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, referral-committee`
- **2007-03-12** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization. `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-30** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 25). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2007-05-01** Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage`
- **2007-05-02** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-17** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 16). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-05-21** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-05-24** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 1619.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-05-24** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2007-06-07** Referred to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization. `referral-committee`
- **2007-06-26** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Rules Re-referred. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2007-06-28** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2007-07-10** In committee: Set first hearing. Failed passage. Reconsideration granted.
- **2008-04-14** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2008-05-05** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) . `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2008-05-06** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2008-06-17** 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`
- **2008-06-23** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2008-06-30** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2008-07-07** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2008-08-04** 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`
- **2008-08-07** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) . `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2008-08-11** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage`
- **2008-08-18** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-1, reading-3, amendment-passage`
- **2008-08-19** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-08-21** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5286.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-08-29** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2008-08-29** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 77. Noes 1. Page 6990.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2008-09-18** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2008-09-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2008-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 372, Statutes of 2008.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/228d248d-20cb-4119-a884-2a9390a404b2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).