republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20072008/ab-1844.md

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Bill	Public employee benefits.	Public employee benefits.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20072008	AB 1844	California AB 1844 (20072008)	bill	Public employee benefits.	enacted	Hernandez	8	27	8	2008-01-28	2008-09-27	openstates	ocd-bill/1df32d4e-d7e5-46ef-80f6-9babc48f2909	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1844	d70775e3f44939a96514620736a26c89bb72fb0731bdf565a6785bb7475a3b82	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 1844 (20072008) — Public employee benefits.

Version chain

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

1. 01/28/08 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/12/08 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 05/23/08 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/11/08 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/12/08 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/27/08 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
7. AB1844 (committee substitute) — source
8. 08/26/08 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• AB 1844 HERNANDEZ Assembly Third Reading — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · upper
• Special Consent #36 AB1844 Hernandez By Wiggins — pass (pass) · upper
• AB 1844 HERNANDEZ Special Consent Calendar 2nd Day Regular Session — pass (pass) · lower
• Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — pass (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended. — pass (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended. — pass (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Hernandez — primary (person)
• Wiggins — principal coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2008-01-28 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2008-01-29 From printer. May be heard in committee January 28.
• 2008-02-21 Referred to Standing Committee on Public Employees, Retirement and Social Security. referral-committee
• 2008-03-12 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Public Employees, Retirement and Social Security Read second time and amended. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, referral-committee
• 2008-03-13 Re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Employees, Retirement and Social Security. referral-committee
• 2008-04-09 From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 9). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2008-04-23 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. referral-committee
• 2008-05-23 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 22). Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2008-05-27 Read second time. To third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2008-05-28 Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 5445.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2008-05-29 In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. reading-1
• 2008-06-05 Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety and Standing Committee on Public Employment and Retirement. referral-committee
• 2008-06-11 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
• 2008-06-12 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2008-06-16 Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Employment and Retirement. referral-committee
• 2008-06-24 From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) . committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2008-07-10 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2008-08-04 In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
• 2008-08-11 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) . amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2008-08-12 Read second time, amended, and to third reading. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage
• 2008-08-14 Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5065.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2008-08-15 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 17 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2008-08-15 Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
• 2008-08-19 Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 6705.) committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2008-09-18 Enrolled and to the Governor at 9:30 a.m.
• 2008-09-27 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2008-09-27 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 369, Statutes of 2008.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1df32d4e-d7e5-46ef-80f6-9babc48f2909. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).