republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20072008/ab-1222.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "State mandates: legislatively determined mandate."
description: "State mandates: legislatively determined mandate."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 1222"
citation: "California AB 1222 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State mandates: legislatively determined mandate."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Laird"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 28
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2007-02-23"
last_action: "2007-10-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/27feeb7c-755a-4ae2-bf30-0eabe8558d25"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1222"
source_hash: "0aa0834ca9af7727f001e7aef4423832eff8f6e560647b6208b278216667c802"
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 1222 (20072008) — State mandates: legislatively determined mandate.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/23/07 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1222&version=20070AB122299INT)
2. **05/02/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1222&version=20070AB122298AMD)
3. **07/03/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1222&version=20070AB122297AMD)
4. **08/01/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1222&version=20070AB122296AMD)
5. **09/04/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1222&version=20070AB122295AMD)
6. **10/08/07 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1222&version=20070AB122293CHP)
7. **AB1222** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1222)
8. **09/25/07 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1222&version=20070AB122294ENR)

## Votes

- AB 1222 LAIRD Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Special Consent #20 AB1222 Laird By Cox — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1222 Laird Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Laird — primary (person)
- Silva — author (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-02-23** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2007-02-25** From printer. May be heard in committee March 27.
- **2007-02-26** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2007-03-15** Referred to Standing Committee on Local Government. `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-26** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2007-05-02** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Local Government Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, referral-committee`
- **2007-05-03** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Local Government. `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-10** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (May 9). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2007-05-23** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 23). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-05-24** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-05-29** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1683.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-05-30** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2007-06-07** Referred to Standing Committee on Local Government. `referral-committee`
- **2007-07-03** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Local Government. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **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`
- **2007-08-01** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2007-08-01** (Corrected August 13.)
- **2007-08-20** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2007-08-27** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-08-28** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-09-04** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-1, reading-3, amendment-passage`
- **2007-09-05** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-09-07** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2460.) `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 3278.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2007-10-01** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3:45 p.m.
- **2007-10-08** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2007-10-08** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 329, Statutes of 2007.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/27feeb7c-755a-4ae2-bf30-0eabe8558d25`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).