republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20072008/ab-159.md

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Bill	Courts: judgeships.	Courts: judgeships.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20072008	AB 159	California AB 159 (20072008)	bill	Courts: judgeships.	enacted	Jones	10	24	8	2007-01-18	2007-10-14	openstates	ocd-bill/33df2e24-3ec9-489f-9229-1ef833989a6a	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB159	e90628e67a0419adaa58197db6b9ff1f9b22c24e84066ae2eb635e38555fe535	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 159 (20072008) — Courts: judgeships.

Version chain

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

1. 01/18/07 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/22/07 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 06/01/07 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/21/07 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 07/17/07 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/05/07 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/07/07 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
8. 10/14/07 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
9. AB159 (committee substitute) — source
10. 09/25/07 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Assembly 3rd Reading AB159 Jones By Corbett — pass (pass) · upper
• AB 159 JONES Assembly Third Reading — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended. — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended. — pass (pass) · upper
• Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — pass (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · lower
• AB 159 Jones Concurrence in Senate Amendments — pass (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Jones — primary (person)
• Benoit — principal coauthor (person)
• Carter — principal coauthor (person)
• Cedillo — principal coauthor (person)
• Garcia — coauthor (person)
• Levine — coauthor (person)
• Lieber — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2007-01-18 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2007-01-19 From printer. May be heard in committee February 18.
• 2007-03-22 Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. referral-committee
• 2007-03-22 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
• 2007-03-26 Re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. referral-committee
• 2007-04-10 From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 10). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2007-04-25 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. referral-committee
• 2007-06-01 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 13. Noes 4.) (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 1. Page 1984.) 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. referral-committee
• 2007-06-21 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
• 2007-08-20 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, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2539.) 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 73. Noes 1. Page 3285.) 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 722, Statutes of 2007.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/33df2e24-3ec9-489f-9229-1ef833989a6a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).