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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Courts."
description: "Courts."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 1248"
citation: "California AB 1248 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Courts."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Evans"]
version_count: 12
action_count: 34
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2007-02-23"
last_action: "2007-10-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cd627e9b-40c2-47f6-a24d-7d78d1c8f392"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1248"
source_hash: "952395042b8c696308bfa45aa2d72d59b0e9403968feb5cd4fdc1302f1b12d31"
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 1248 (20072008) — Courts.
## 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=200720080AB1248&version=20070AB124899INT)
2. **03/27/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1248&version=20070AB124898AMD)
3. **04/11/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1248&version=20070AB124897AMD)
4. **04/30/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1248&version=20070AB124896AMD)
5. **06/19/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1248&version=20070AB124895AMD)
6. **07/09/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1248&version=20070AB124894AMD)
7. **07/17/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1248&version=20070AB124893AMD)
8. **08/01/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1248&version=20070AB124892AMD)
9. **09/05/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1248&version=20070AB124891AMD)
10. **10/14/07 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1248&version=20070AB124889CHP)
11. **AB1248** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1248)
12. **09/20/07 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1248&version=20070AB124890ENR)
## Votes
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1248 EVANS Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1248 Evans Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB1248 Evans By Steinberg — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Evans — primary (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 Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-27** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Judiciary Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, referral-committee`
- **2007-03-28** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-10** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2007-04-11** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Judiciary Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, referral-committee`
- **2007-04-12** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-17** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 17). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2007-04-30** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, referral-committee`
- **2007-05-01** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-10** 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, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 1. Page 1822.) `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 Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2007-06-19** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2007-06-25** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2007-07-09** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2007-07-16** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) . `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2007-07-17** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, 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`
- **2007-08-20** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **2007-08-31** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-08-31** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-09-05** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-1, reading-3, amendment-passage`
- **2007-09-06** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-09-10** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 5. Page 2518.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-09-11** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2007-09-12** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 73. Noes 1. Page 3326.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2007-10-02** Enrolled and to the Governor at 10:45 a.m.
- **2007-10-14** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2007-10-14** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 738, Statutes of 2007.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cd627e9b-40c2-47f6-a24d-7d78d1c8f392`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).