---
type: "Bill"
title: "Real estate: military licensee."
description: "Real estate: military licensee."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 839"
citation: "California AB 839 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Real estate: military licensee."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Emmerson"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2007-02-22"
last_action: "2007-09-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bc773b22-dcf5-4cb7-9fb7-940386c275d3"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB839"
source_hash: "c27f7743d3a6ad49f7a69114c591f93fb25cca6c59da1c96859cb912f76b94df"
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 839 (20072008) — Real estate: military licensee.

## 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=200720080AB839&version=20070AB83999INT)
2. **09/07/07 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB839&version=20070AB83997CHP)
3. **AB839** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB839)
4. **08/29/07 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB839&version=20070AB83998ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent #14 AB839 Emmerson — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 839 EMMERSON Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Veterans Affairs. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Emmerson — 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.
- **2007-03-22** Referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-11** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (April 10). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-04-12** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-04-19** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 1075.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-04-19** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2007-05-02** Referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Economic Development and Standing Committee on Veterans Affairs. `referral-committee`
- **2007-06-12** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Veterans Affairs Re-referred. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2007-07-11** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-07-12** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-08-27** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-08-27** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2007-08-29** Enrolled and to the Governor at 12:15 p.m.
- **2007-09-07** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2007-09-07** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 194, Statutes of 2007.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bc773b22-dcf5-4cb7-9fb7-940386c275d3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).