---
type: "Bill"
title: "State property: Department of Transportation records."
description: "State property: Department of Transportation records."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 957"
citation: "California AB 957 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State property: Department of Transportation records."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Spitzer"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2007-02-22"
last_action: "2007-07-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5d526d4f-a82d-4145-9867-5357e352beaf"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB957"
source_hash: "0c28b8ae345e779c2a686847f8e658e4a65e2c82ebfeff4213b35375b82f5fc3"
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 957 (20072008) — State property: Department of Transportation records.

## 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=200720080AB957&version=20070AB95799INT)
2. **04/09/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB957&version=20070AB95798AMD)
3. **07/12/07 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB957&version=20070AB95796CHP)
4. **AB957** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB957)
5. **06/30/07 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB957&version=20070AB95797ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 957 SPITZER Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent #11 AB957 Spitzer — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Spitzer — primary (person)
- Battin — coauthor (person)
- DeVore — coauthor (person)
- Harman — coauthor (person)
- Horton — coauthor (person)
- Jeffries — principal coauthor (person)
- Maze — coauthor (person)
- Strickland — coauthor (person)
- Tran — author (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.
- **2007-03-12** Referred to Standing Committee on Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-09** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Transportation Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, referral-committee`
- **2007-04-10** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-17** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (April 16). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2007-04-26** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (April 25). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-04-30** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-05-03** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 70. Noes 0. Page 1324.) `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 Transportation and Housing. `referral-committee`
- **2007-06-13** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2007-06-25** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2007-06-26** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-06-28** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 1594.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-06-28** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2007-07-02** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3:45 p.m.
- **2007-07-12** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2007-07-12** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 59, Statutes of 2007.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5d526d4f-a82d-4145-9867-5357e352beaf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).