---
type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal procedure: motions."
description: "Criminal procedure: motions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 475"
citation: "California AB 475 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Criminal procedure: motions."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Emmerson"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2007-02-20"
last_action: "2007-10-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7a685a19-4ba0-44d6-b9f5-e1c3f0af96e7"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB475"
source_hash: "415f6957a4844ce08b58cb474571ff2a8f64bf5a13234acebfc4bb33fe42fd5f"
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 475 (20072008) — Criminal procedure: motions.

## 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=200720080AB475&version=20070AB47599INT)
2. **10/10/07 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB475&version=20070AB47597CHP)
3. **AB475** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB475)
4. **09/10/07 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB475&version=20070AB47598ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 475 EMMERSON Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB475 Emmerson By Cogdill — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Emmerson — 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.
- **2007-03-22** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-18** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 17). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2007-05-03** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 2). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-05-07** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-05-07** From Consent Calendar. To third reading pursuant to Joint Rule 22.2.
- **2007-05-10** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 1. Page 1425.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-05-10** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2007-05-17** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2007-06-19** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 3. Noes 1.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2007-07-02** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2007-07-10** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2007-07-11** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-09-04** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 23. Noes 8. Page 2278.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-09-04** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2007-09-13** Enrolled and to the Governor at 1:15 p.m.
- **2007-10-10** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2007-10-10** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 390, Statutes of 2007.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7a685a19-4ba0-44d6-b9f5-e1c3f0af96e7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).