---
type: "Bill"
title: "California Republican Party: organization."
description: "California Republican Party: organization."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 965"
citation: "California AB 965 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["California Republican Party: organization."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anderson"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2007-02-22"
last_action: "2007-07-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/de1bab47-4fa6-42f2-ae0a-43cbf8348933"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB965"
source_hash: "7f9f1888f3eb0c2d63f10af217afcf572e5b59e002ab57a88c1cd5f85972bd5d"
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 965 (20072008) — California Republican Party: organization.

## 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=200720080AB965&version=20070AB96599INT)
2. **07/12/07 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB965&version=20070AB96597CHP)
3. **AB965** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB965)
4. **06/30/07 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB965&version=20070AB96598ENR)

## Votes

- Consent Calendar 2nd AB965 Anderson — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 965 ANDERSON Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be placed on the Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Anderson — 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.
- **2007-03-12** Referred to Standing Committee on Elections and Redistricting. `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 1364.) `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 E., R. & C.A. `referral-committee`
- **2007-06-20** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-06-21** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-06-28** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 1590.) `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 60, Statutes of 2007.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/de1bab47-4fa6-42f2-ae0a-43cbf8348933`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).