---
type: "Bill"
title: "Commercially sexually exploited minors."
description: "Commercially sexually exploited minors."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 499"
citation: "California AB 499 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Commercially sexually exploited minors."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Swanson"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 34
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2007-02-20"
last_action: "2008-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4abc5b48-244f-4a18-a594-009d2204ad64"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB499"
source_hash: "bd6eca49d09d1bc47fca6b4d24deb7e417a3a9522297848ea8964b8089a5855d"
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 499 (20072008) — Commercially sexually exploited minors.

## 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=200720080AB499&version=20070AB49999INT)
2. **01/07/08 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB499&version=20070AB49998AMD)
3. **01/09/08 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB499&version=20070AB49997AMD)
4. **01/29/08 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB499&version=20070AB49996AMD)
5. **05/21/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB499&version=20070AB49995AMD)
6. **06/17/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB499&version=20070AB49994AMD)
7. **07/10/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB499&version=20070AB49993AMD)
8. **09/27/08 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB499&version=20070AB49991CHP)
9. **AB499** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB499)
10. **08/08/08 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB499&version=20070AB49992ENR)

## Votes

- AB 499 SWANSON Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent #30 AB499 Swanson — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 499 SWANSON Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 499 SWANSON Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB499 Swanson By Romero — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Swanson — primary (person)
- Perata — coauthor (person)
- Romero — principal 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.
- **2007-03-12** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-10** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2007-04-24** In committee: Set, second hearing. Held without recommendation.
- **2008-01-07** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Public Safety Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, referral-committee`
- **2008-01-08** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2008-01-09** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Public Safety Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, referral-committee`
- **2008-01-10** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2008-01-10** (Corrected January 10.)
- **2008-01-16** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (January 15). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2008-01-29** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (January 24). Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2008-01-29** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 3878.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-01-30** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2008-02-07** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2008-04-28** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2008-05-21** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2008-06-16** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) . `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2008-06-17** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage`
- **2008-06-26** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 4456.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-06-26** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after June 28 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2008-06-30** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 73. Noes 1. Page 5927.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2008-07-01** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2:25 p.m.
- **2008-07-03** Returned by the Governor at the request of the Assembly.
- **2008-07-03** Action rescinded whereby the Assembly concurred in Senate amendments and whereby the bill was ordered to enrollment. Ordered returned to Senate.
- **2008-07-03** In Senate. Held at Desk.
- **2008-07-10** Action rescinded whereby the bill was read third time, passed, and to Assembly. Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-1, passage, reading-3, amendment-passage`
- **2008-07-14** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-08-05** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 4794.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-08-05** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 7 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2008-08-07** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 76. Noes 1. Page 6229.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2008-09-16** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
- **2008-09-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2008-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 359, Statutes of 2008.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4abc5b48-244f-4a18-a594-009d2204ad64`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).