---
type: "Bill"
title: "Electric personal assistive mobility devices."
description: "Electric personal assistive mobility devices."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 470"
citation: "California AB 470 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Electric personal assistive mobility devices."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["DeSaulnier"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2007-02-20"
last_action: "2007-07-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/16235ee2-7bb2-4e96-9d7c-2b7a66ebff64"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB470"
source_hash: "eb9936aa9533a5e16c6173b162e2b834afc0ea12a497a987b6d87f6f5af49275"
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 470 (20072008) — Electric personal assistive mobility devices.

## 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=200720080AB470&version=20070AB47099INT)
2. **06/05/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB470&version=20070AB47098AMD)
3. **07/20/07 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB470&version=20070AB47096CHP)
4. **AB470** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB470)
5. **07/11/07 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB470&version=20070AB47097ENR)

## Votes

- AB 470 DE SAULNIER Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 470 DE SAULNIER Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent #11 AB470 DeSaulnier — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- DeSaulnier — 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`
- **2007-04-10** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (April 9). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2007-04-19** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (April 18). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-04-23** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-04-26** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 1189.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-04-26** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2007-05-09** Referred to Standing Committee on Transportation and Housing. `referral-committee`
- **2007-06-05** 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`
- **2007-06-13** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2007-06-25** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2007-06-26** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-06-28** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 1593.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-06-28** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after June 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2007-07-09** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2426.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2007-07-11** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2007-07-20** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2007-07-20** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 106, Statutes of 2007.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/16235ee2-7bb2-4e96-9d7c-2b7a66ebff64`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).