---
type: "Bill"
title: "Disaster relief."
description: "Disaster relief."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 62"
citation: "California AB 62 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Disaster relief."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nava"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 33
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2006-12-04"
last_action: "2007-09-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b95ad090-74a9-466f-8823-c83e8b673ea9"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB62"
source_hash: "e1c98cfbdaffbebda0c881627f9eefbe1cd99e1d6ce8f7e7d667ae51ca4e399c"
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 62 (20072008) — Disaster relief.

## Version chain

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

1. **12/04/06 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB62&version=20070AB6299INT)
2. **02/22/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB62&version=20070AB6298AMD)
3. **04/09/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB62&version=20070AB6297AMD)
4. **05/15/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB62&version=20070AB6296AMD)
5. **06/12/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB62&version=20070AB6295AMD)
6. **07/03/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB62&version=20070AB6294AMD)
7. **07/20/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB62&version=20070AB6293AMD)
8. **08/27/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB62&version=20070AB6292AMD)
9. **09/21/07 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB62&version=20070AB6290CHP)
10. **AB62** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB62)
11. **09/10/07 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB62&version=20070AB6291ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent #18 AB62 Nava By Cox — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 62 NAVA Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 62 NAVA Third Reading Urgency — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Local Government. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Nava — primary (person)
- Benoit — coauthor (person)
- Cox — coauthor (person)
- DeVore — coauthor (person)
- Gaines — coauthor (person)
- Hollingsworth — coauthor (person)
- Horton — coauthor (person)
- Jeffries — coauthor (person)
- Runner — coauthor (person)
- Spitzer — coauthor (person)
- Strickland — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2006-12-04** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2006-12-05** From printer. May be heard in committee January 4.
- **2007-02-20** Referred to Standing Committee on Revenue and Taxation. and Standing Committee on Local Government. `referral-committee`
- **2007-02-22** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Revenue and Taxation. Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, referral-committee`
- **2007-02-26** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Revenue and Taxation. `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-12** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2007-03-27** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Local Government Re-referred. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (March 26). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2007-03-29** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2007-04-09** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Local Government Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, referral-committee`
- **2007-04-10** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Local Government. `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-12** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 11). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2007-04-26** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 25). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-04-30** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-05-03** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 1313.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-05-03** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2007-05-09** Referred to Standing Committee on Revenue and Taxation. `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-15** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Revenue and Taxation. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2007-06-12** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Revenue and Taxation. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2007-07-03** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Revenue and Taxation. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2007-07-12** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2007-07-20** 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`
- **2007-08-20** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **2007-08-27** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2007-08-31** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-08-31** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-09-05** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2337.) `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 78. Noes 0. Page 3017.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2007-09-08** (Corrected September 7.)
- **2007-09-14** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2007-09-21** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2007-09-21** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 224, Statutes of 2007.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b95ad090-74a9-466f-8823-c83e8b673ea9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).