republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20072008/ab-1278.md

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California AB 1278 (20072008) — Crimes.

Version chain

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

1. 02/23/07 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 05/02/07 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 05/23/08 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/01/07 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 06/17/08 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 07/03/07 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 08/04/08 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
8. AB1278 (committee substitute) — source
9. 07/16/08 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• AB 1278 LIEBER Concurrence in Senate Amendments — pass (pass) · lower
• Special Consent #32 AB1278 Lieber — pass (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · lower
• AB 1278 MA Assembly Third Reading — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Public Safety. — pass (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended. — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Public Safety. — pass (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Lieber — primary (person)
• Ma — author (person)
• Romero — principal coauthor (person)
• Smyth — 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
• 2007-03-26 Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary and Standing Committee on Public Safety. referral-committee
• 2007-04-17 From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Public Safety Re-referred. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 17). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2007-05-01 From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 24). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2007-05-02 Read second time and amended. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage
• 2007-05-03 Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. referral-committee
• 2007-06-01 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 31). Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2007-06-04 Read second time. To third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2007-06-06 Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2009.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2007-06-07 In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. reading-1
• 2007-06-21 Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary and Standing Committee on Public Safety. referral-committee
• 2007-07-02 From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Public Safety (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) . amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2007-07-03 Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2008-05-23 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, referral-committee, amendment-passage
• 2008-06-16 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
• 2008-06-17 Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2008-06-30 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage
• 2008-07-01 Read second time. To third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2008-07-03 Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4638.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2008-07-03 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 12 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2008-07-15 Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 6115.) committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2008-07-22 Enrolled and to the Governor at 12:30 p.m.
• 2008-08-04 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2008-08-04 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 258, Statutes of 2008.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7edec927-3923-4cbb-951e-42c072574f07. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).