---
type: "Bill"
title: "Steven M. Thompson Physician Corps Loan Repayment Program: fees."
description: "Steven M. Thompson Physician Corps Loan Repayment Program: fees."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 2439"
citation: "California AB 2439 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Steven M. Thompson Physician Corps Loan Repayment Program: fees."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["De La Torre"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 27
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2008-02-21"
last_action: "2008-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0a50576f-d015-455e-95db-f10f4418844f"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2439"
source_hash: "e4f191a2904fb464a047062d54b5ad99f59009ce20cf389c9247c6c01a5d6353"
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 2439 (20072008) — Steven M. Thompson Physician Corps Loan Repayment Program: fees.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/21/08 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2439&version=20070AB243999INT)
2. **03/28/08 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2439&version=20070AB243998AMD)
3. **04/08/08 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2439&version=20070AB243997AMD)
4. **06/19/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2439&version=20070AB243996AMD)
5. **06/30/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2439&version=20070AB243995AMD)
6. **08/11/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2439&version=20070AB243994AMD)
7. **09/30/08 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2439&version=20070AB243992CHP)
8. **AB2439** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2439)
9. **08/19/08 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2439&version=20070AB243993ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Business, Professions and Economic Development. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB2439 De La Torre By Ridley-Thomas — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 2439 DE LA TORRE Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 2439 DE LA TORRE Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- De La Torre — primary (person)
- Berg — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2008-02-21** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2008-02-23** From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
- **2008-03-06** Referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. `referral-committee`
- **2008-03-28** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, referral-committee`
- **2008-04-01** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. `referral-committee`
- **2008-04-07** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 6. Noes 2.) (April 1). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2008-04-08** Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage`
- **2008-04-09** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2008-04-16** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 5.) (April 16). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-04-17** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-05-22** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 44. Noes 32. Page 5246.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-05-22** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2008-05-29** Referred to Standing Committee on Health and Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Economic Development. `referral-committee`
- **2008-06-19** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Economic Development Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 3.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2008-06-19** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Economic Development. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2008-06-26** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 6. Noes 3.) . `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2008-06-30** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2008-08-05** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 5.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-08-06** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-08-11** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-1, reading-3, amendment-passage`
- **2008-08-12** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-08-13** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 23. Noes 15. Page 4995.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-08-13** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 15 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2008-08-15** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 46. Noes 25. Page 6525.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2008-09-23** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2008-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2008-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 640, Statutes of 2008.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0a50576f-d015-455e-95db-f10f4418844f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).