---
type: "Bill"
title: "Escrow agents."
description: "Escrow agents."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 804"
citation: "California AB 804 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Escrow agents."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Huff"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 22
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2007-02-22"
last_action: "2007-09-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ace02042-640c-4941-b479-17367d060bb2"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB804"
source_hash: "7a4d01bf52d62d0f3cd2d027b54e9a338ff02f990cad14bbf333fb54c3e4f43e"
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 804 (20072008) — Escrow agents.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/22/07 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB804&version=20070AB80499INT)
2. **06/11/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB804&version=20070AB80498AMD)
3. **06/25/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB804&version=20070AB80497AMD)
4. **07/11/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB804&version=20070AB80496AMD)
5. **09/26/07 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB804&version=20070AB80494CHP)
6. **AB804** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB804)
7. **09/06/07 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB804&version=20070AB80495ENR)

## Votes

- AB 804 HUFF Consent Calendar Second Day — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent #16 AB804 Huff By Margett — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 804 HUFF Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Huff — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-02-22** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2007-02-23** From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
- **2007-03-08** Referred to Standing Committee on Banking and Finance. `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-01** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 1). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-05-02** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-05-07** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1363.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-05-07** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2007-05-17** Referred to Com. on B., F. & I. `referral-committee`
- **2007-06-11** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on B., F. & I. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2007-06-19** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2007-06-25** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on B., F. & I. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2007-06-29** (Corrected June 28.)
- **2007-07-10** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) . `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2007-07-11** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2007-07-20** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2007-07-25** 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 2175.) `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 2874.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2007-09-10** Enrolled and to the Governor at 6:15 p.m.
- **2007-09-26** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2007-09-26** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 237, Statutes of 2007.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ace02042-640c-4941-b479-17367d060bb2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).