---
type: "Bill"
title: "Department of Motor Vehicles: abstract of record of court."
description: "Department of Motor Vehicles: abstract of record of court."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 421"
citation: "California AB 421 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Department of Motor Vehicles: abstract of record of court."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Benoit"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2007-02-16"
last_action: "2007-10-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/57bee65b-33a0-453b-9f4f-70aa6c715b50"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB421"
source_hash: "158799a221a859fe73a2d7296be12b23a33c45746d0d2a64eda2bc04c0f3e1fd"
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 421 (20072008) — Department of Motor Vehicles: abstract of record of court.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/16/07 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB421&version=20070AB42199INT)
2. **07/19/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB421&version=20070AB42198AMD)
3. **10/14/07 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB421&version=20070AB42196CHP)
4. **AB421** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB421)
5. **09/06/07 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB421&version=20070AB42197ENR)

## Votes

- AB 421 BENOIT Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 421 BENOIT Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent #16 AB421 Benoit By Cogdill — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Transportation to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Benoit — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-02-16** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2007-02-20** From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
- **2007-02-26** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety and Standing Committee on Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-28** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Transportation with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (March 27). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2007-04-24** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (April 23). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-04-25** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-05-03** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 70. Noes 0. Page 1322.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-05-03** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2007-05-09** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2007-06-19** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-06-20** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-07-19** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-1, reading-3, amendment-passage`
- **2007-07-20** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-08-30** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2174.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-08-30** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 1 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2007-09-04** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2867.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2007-09-10** Enrolled and to the Governor at 6:15 p.m.
- **2007-10-14** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2007-10-14** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 746, Statutes of 2007.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/57bee65b-33a0-453b-9f4f-70aa6c715b50`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).