---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public contracts: state contract eligibility: business activities in Sudan."
description: "Public contracts: state contract eligibility: business activities in Sudan."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 498"
citation: "California AB 498 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public contracts: state contract eligibility: business activities in Sudan."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hernandez"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 41
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2007-02-20"
last_action: "2008-09-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aae4859f-f6e1-4581-8886-72b8dd2572d7"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB498"
source_hash: "e55d04c563ca4e68d2322aa778d52e5e88b60ad5ae2c94cbc728c498adb9ab31"
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 498 (20072008) — Public contracts: state contract eligibility: business activities in Sudan.

## 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=200720080AB498&version=20070AB49899INT)
2. **03/29/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB498&version=20070AB49898AMD)
3. **06/25/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB498&version=20070AB49897AMD)
4. **07/10/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB498&version=20070AB49896AMD)
5. **08/13/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB498&version=20070AB49895AMD)
6. **08/22/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB498&version=20070AB49894AMD)
7. **08/27/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB498&version=20070AB49893AMD)
8. **09/24/08 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB498&version=20070AB49891CHP)
9. **AB498** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB498)
10. **09/11/08 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB498&version=20070AB49892ENR)

## Votes

- Assembly 3rd Reading AB498 Hernandez By Steinberg — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 498 GALGIANI Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 498 HERNANDEZ Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- From Committee: Amendments returned to Senate floor for consideration. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hernandez — primary (person)
- Bass — coauthor (person)
- Carter — coauthor (person)
- Davis — coauthor (person)
- Dymally — coauthor (person)
- Eng — coauthor (person)
- Hancock — coauthor (person)
- Jeffries — coauthor (person)
- Krekorian — coauthor (person)
- Perata — coauthor (person)
- Portantino — coauthor (person)
- Price — coauthor (person)
- Ridley-Thomas — coauthor (person)
- Runner — coauthor (person)
- Steinberg — coauthor (person)
- Swanson — coauthor (person)
- Vincent — coauthor (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 Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-28** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (March 27). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2007-03-29** Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage`
- **2007-04-09** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `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 1187.) `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 Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2007-06-21** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) . `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2007-06-25** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2007-07-02** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2007-07-09** In committee: Set, second hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2007-07-10** 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`
- **2007-07-17** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2007-07-18** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-09-05** To inactive file on motion of Senator Perata.
- **2008-07-02** From inactive file. To second reading.
- **2008-07-03** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-08-13** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-1, reading-3, amendment-passage`
- **2008-08-14** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-08-14** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(c). (Page 5016.). `referral-committee`
- **2008-08-19** Withdrawn from committee. Ordered placed on second reading file.
- **2008-08-20** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-08-20** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10. `referral-committee`
- **2008-08-20** From committee: Be re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10. (Ayes 3. Noes 0. Page 5187.) Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2008-08-21** From committee: Return to Senate floor for consideration. (Ayes 13. Noes 1.) `committee-passage`
- **2008-08-22** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-1, reading-3, amendment-passage`
- **2008-08-25** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-08-27** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules. `referral-committee`
- **2008-08-27** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2008-08-28** Withdrawn from committee. Ordered placed on second reading file.
- **2008-08-29** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-08-30** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 34. Noes 2. Page 5494.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-08-30** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2008-08-31** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 7131.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2008-09-18** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2008-09-24** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2008-09-24** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 272, Statutes of 2008.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/aae4859f-f6e1-4581-8886-72b8dd2572d7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).