---
type: "Bill"
title: "Crimes: vehicular manslaughter: fleeing the scene of an accident."
description: "Crimes: vehicular manslaughter: fleeing the scene of an accident."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 678"
citation: "California AB 678 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crimes: vehicular manslaughter: fleeing the scene of an accident."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gaines"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 25
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2007-02-21"
last_action: "2007-10-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ea734c7a-23aa-47ba-88f4-ec39e220eaa1"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB678"
source_hash: "7c7ec6e1be3bdbfa1bebe14bbcf36b3f633beb9d081e71e3b6fc44b4acb29801"
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 678 (20072008) — Crimes: vehicular manslaughter: fleeing the scene of an accident.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/21/07 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB678&version=20070AB67899INT)
2. **04/30/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB678&version=20070AB67898AMD)
3. **05/16/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB678&version=20070AB67897AMD)
4. **06/01/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB678&version=20070AB67896AMD)
5. **07/19/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB678&version=20070AB67895AMD)
6. **10/14/07 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB678&version=20070AB67893CHP)
7. **AB678** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB678)
8. **09/06/07 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB678&version=20070AB67894ENR)

## Votes

- Special Consent #16 AB678 Gaines By Cogdill — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 678 GAINES Consent Calendar Second Day — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 678 GAINES Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gaines — primary (person)
- Benoit — author (person)
- Spitzer — author (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-02-21** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2007-02-22** From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
- **2007-03-15** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-30** 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`
- **2007-05-01** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-15** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 1490.) (May 8). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2007-05-16** Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage`
- **2007-05-17** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2007-06-01** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. (May 31). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2007-06-01** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage`
- **2007-06-04** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-06-06** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2054.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-06-07** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2007-06-21** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2007-07-03** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 3. Noes 0.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **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`
- **2007-07-19** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-1, reading-3, amendment-passage`
- **2007-07-20** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-08-30** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2174.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-08-30** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 1 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2007-09-04** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2872.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2007-09-10** Enrolled and to the Governor at 6:15 p.m.
- **2007-10-14** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2007-10-14** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 747, Statutes of 2007.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ea734c7a-23aa-47ba-88f4-ec39e220eaa1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).