---
type: "Bill"
title: "Vehicles: abatement of abandoned vehicles."
description: "Vehicles: abatement of abandoned vehicles."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 468"
citation: "California AB 468 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Vehicles: abatement of abandoned vehicles."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ruskin"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 27
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2007-02-20"
last_action: "2007-10-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c6b388fb-f991-41c9-9a74-dfff6643a419"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB468"
source_hash: "7fde5b615d5f56dd4cca872e7927a59b10759b9c73cb8ef7ecfa9d69851bfd34"
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 468 (20072008) — Vehicles: abatement of abandoned vehicles.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/20/07 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB468&version=20070AB46899INT)
2. **03/29/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB468&version=20070AB46898AMD)
3. **06/01/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB468&version=20070AB46897AMD)
4. **06/26/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB468&version=20070AB46896AMD)
5. **07/10/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB468&version=20070AB46895AMD)
6. **08/21/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB468&version=20070AB46894AMD)
7. **08/29/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB468&version=20070AB46893AMD)
8. **10/10/07 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB468&version=20070AB46891CHP)
9. **AB468** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB468)
10. **09/07/07 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB468&version=20070AB46892ENR)

## Votes

- AB 468 RUSKIN Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 468 RUSKIN Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB468 Ruskin By Yee — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ruskin — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-02-20** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2007-02-21** From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
- **2007-03-01** Referred to Standing Committee on Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-29** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Transportation Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, referral-committee`
- **2007-04-09** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-10** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 10. Noes 4.) (April 9). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2007-04-18** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2007-06-01** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (May 31). Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2007-06-04** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-06-05** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 58. Noes 21. Page 1918.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-06-06** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2007-06-14** Referred to Standing Committee on Transportation and Housing. `referral-committee`
- **2007-06-26** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Transportation and Housing. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2007-07-09** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 6. Noes 3.) . `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2007-07-10** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2007-07-23** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2007-08-20** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and be amended. `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2007-08-21** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage`
- **2007-08-29** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-1, reading-3, amendment-passage`
- **2007-08-30** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-09-05** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 22. Noes 15. Page 2324.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-09-05** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 7 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2007-09-06** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 2997.)
- **2007-09-06** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 57. Noes 21. Page 3004.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2007-09-11** Enrolled and to the Governor at 7:45 p.m.
- **2007-10-10** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2007-10-10** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 389, Statutes of 2007.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c6b388fb-f991-41c9-9a74-dfff6643a419`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).