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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Ballot statements: candidates for federal office."
description: "Ballot statements: candidates for federal office."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 1808"
citation: "California AB 1808 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Ballot statements: candidates for federal office."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Huff"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 23
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2008-01-16"
last_action: "2008-07-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d15f37e1-2866-410a-9c2e-ce2c4bfc8855"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1808"
source_hash: "1ddbb6d079db639d8c38530e34be6b27ccc1ccd1c4dd9e45adf3d462ebb608a7"
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 1808 (20072008) — Ballot statements: candidates for federal office.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **01/16/08 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1808&version=20070AB180899INT)
2. **03/28/08 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1808&version=20070AB180898AMD)
3. **04/16/08 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1808&version=20070AB180897AMD)
4. **07/17/08 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1808&version=20070AB180895CHP)
5. **AB1808** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1808)
6. **07/07/08 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1808&version=20070AB180896ENR)
## Votes
- AB 1808 HUFF Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent #32 AB1808 Huff — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **pass** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Huff — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2008-01-16** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2008-01-17** From printer. May be heard in committee February 16.
- **2008-02-28** Referred to Standing Committee on Elections and Redistricting. `referral-committee`
- **2008-03-25** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2008-03-28** 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`
- **2008-04-01** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Elections and Redistricting. `referral-committee`
- **2008-04-08** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2008-04-15** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 10). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2008-04-16** Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage`
- **2008-04-17** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2008-05-01** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (April 30). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-05-05** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-05-08** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 5058.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-05-08** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2008-05-15** Referred to Com. on E., R. & C.A. `referral-committee`
- **2008-06-18** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2008-06-30** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **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 4637.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-07-03** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2008-07-10** Enrolled and to the Governor at 10 a.m.
- **2008-07-17** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2008-07-17** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 137, Statutes of 2008.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d15f37e1-2866-410a-9c2e-ce2c4bfc8855`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).