republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20072008/ab-119.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Elections: payment of expenses."
description: "Elections: payment of expenses."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 119"
citation: "California AB 119 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Elections: payment of expenses."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Price"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 22
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2007-01-09"
last_action: "2007-10-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3804e86c-0adb-4f35-a61c-6fb82038af22"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB119"
source_hash: "88e0cae960ecb1f69f53454f1e411df2a8157c8ff0c9b2a4205f4c3c9e9b0980"
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 119 (20072008) — Elections: payment of expenses.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/09/07 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB119&version=20070AB11999INT)
2. **03/14/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB119&version=20070AB11998AMD)
3. **09/05/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB119&version=20070AB11997AMD)
4. **09/07/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB119&version=20070AB11996AMD)
5. **10/11/07 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB119&version=20070AB11994CHP)
6. **AB119** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB119)
7. **09/20/07 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB119&version=20070AB11995ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 119 Price Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 119 PRICE Third Reading Urgency — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB119 Price Urgency Clause — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Price — primary (person)
- Adams — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-01-09** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2007-01-10** From printer. May be heard in committee February 9.
- **2007-02-01** Referred to Standing Committee on Elections and Redistricting. `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-14** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Elections and Redistricting Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, referral-committee`
- **2007-03-15** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Elections and Redistricting. `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-28** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (March 27). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2007-04-18** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2007-06-01** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 31). Read second time. To third reading. `committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-06-04** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 1786.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-06-05** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2007-06-14** Referred to Com. on E., R. & C.A. `referral-committee`
- **2007-07-11** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2007-07-23** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2007-08-20** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **2007-09-05** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) . Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2007-09-07** Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. `reading-1, reading-3, amendment-passage`
- **2007-09-10** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 1. Page 2532.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-09-11** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2007-09-11** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 3284.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2007-09-26** Enrolled and to the Governor at 1:45 p.m.
- **2007-10-11** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2007-10-11** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 487, Statutes of 2007.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3804e86c-0adb-4f35-a61c-6fb82038af22`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).