---
type: "Bill"
title: "Minors: fitness hearing."
description: "Minors: fitness hearing."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 686"
citation: "California AB 686 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Minors: fitness hearing."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gaines"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2007-02-21"
last_action: "2007-07-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dd946530-3beb-46f7-a854-d9942adffc30"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB686"
source_hash: "1e796532913fa656cff627e6cb673ad75bb8ae6f9980c987e970b06bbfc7574e"
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 686 (20072008) — Minors: fitness hearing.

## 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=200720080AB686&version=20070AB68699INT)
2. **03/26/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB686&version=20070AB68698AMD)
3. **07/27/07 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB686&version=20070AB68696CHP)
4. **AB686** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB686)
5. **07/17/07 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB686&version=20070AB68697ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent #13 AB686 Gaines — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 686 GAINES Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gaines — primary (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.
- **2007-03-05** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-26** 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`
- **2007-03-27** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-18** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. 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`
- **2007-05-10** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 1435.) `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`
- **2007-06-26** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-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`
- **2007-07-16** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 1839.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-07-16** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2007-07-18** Enrolled and to the Governor at 1:40 p.m.
- **2007-07-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2007-07-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 137, Statutes of 2007.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dd946530-3beb-46f7-a854-d9942adffc30`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).