republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20072008/ab-2020.md

type, title, description, jurisdiction, legislature, session, identifier, citation, classification, subjects, status, primary_sponsors, version_count, action_count, vote_count, first_action, last_action, source, source_identifier, source_url, source_hash, vintage, source_snapshot, retrieved_at, confidence, tags

type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Residential property contracts: liquidated damages.	Residential property contracts: liquidated damages.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20072008	AB 2020	California AB 2020 (20072008)	bill	Residential property contracts: liquidated damages.	enacted	Fuentes	9	24	5	2008-02-15	2008-09-30	openstates	ocd-bill/aa5df867-5c54-4508-a86d-c86075819003	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2020	ce8a906ea6fdabff69490431617358f32cbdbfdb92d42f3f0bec8c3cc75ee679	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 2020 (20072008) — Residential property contracts: liquidated damages.

Version chain

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

1. 02/15/08 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/16/08 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 05/07/08 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 07/02/08 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/04/08 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 08/14/08 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/30/08 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
8. AB2020 (committee substitute) — source
9. 09/04/08 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• AB 2020 FUENTES Concurrence in Senate Amendments — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended. — pass (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended. — pass (pass) · lower
• Assembly 3rd Reading AB2020 Fuentes By Padilla — pass (pass) · upper
• AB 2020 FUENTES Assembly Third Reading — pass (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Fuentes — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2008-02-15 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2008-02-19 From printer. May be heard in committee March 20.
• 2008-02-28 Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. referral-committee
• 2008-04-16 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
• 2008-04-17 Re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. referral-committee
• 2008-05-06 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 29). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2008-05-07 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage
• 2008-05-08 Read second time. To third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2008-05-22 Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 5255.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2008-05-22 In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. reading-1
• 2008-05-29 Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. referral-committee
• 2008-07-01 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 3. Noes 0.) . amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2008-07-02 Read second time, amended, and to third reading. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage
• 2008-08-04 Read third time, amended. To second reading. reading-1, reading-3, amendment-passage
• 2008-08-05 Read second time. To third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2008-08-14 Read third time, amended. To second reading. reading-1, reading-3, amendment-passage
• 2008-08-18 Read second time. To third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2008-08-20 Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 30. Noes 0. Page 5204.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2008-08-28 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2008-08-29 Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 6955.)
• 2008-08-29 Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 6960.) committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2008-09-18 Enrolled and to the Governor at 11 a.m.
• 2008-09-30 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2008-09-30 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 665, Statutes of 2008.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/aa5df867-5c54-4508-a86d-c86075819003. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).