republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20072008/ab-2043.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Crime victims' memorial."
description: "Crime victims' memorial."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 2043"
citation: "California AB 2043 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crime victims' memorial."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Spitzer"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 22
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2008-02-15"
last_action: "2008-09-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dadd9ba7-a00e-4414-8df4-d2aacd0a8445"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2043"
source_hash: "ce4f504b5cd9521e500bec8e5414b0843b522241d394c82e0fd04c2de9a2d21a"
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 2043 (20072008) — Crime victims' memorial.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/15/08 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2043&version=20070AB204399INT)
2. **04/01/08 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2043&version=20070AB204398AMD)
3. **05/15/08 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2043&version=20070AB204397AMD)
4. **08/05/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2043&version=20070AB204396AMD)
5. **09/29/08 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2043&version=20070AB204394CHP)
6. **AB2043** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2043)
7. **08/14/08 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2043&version=20070AB204395ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent #35 AB2043 Spitzer — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 2043 SPITZER Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 2043 SPITZER Special Consent Calendar 2nd Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Spitzer — primary (person)
- Ackerman — principal coauthor (person)
- Adams — coauthor (person)
- Aghazarian — coauthor (person)
- Anderson — coauthor (person)
- Arambula — coauthor (person)
- Battin — coauthor (person)
- Benoit — coauthor (person)
- Berryhill — coauthor (person)
- Blakeslee — coauthor (person)
- Carter — coauthor (person)
- Cook — coauthor (person)
- Correa — coauthor (person)
- Davis — coauthor (person)
- DeVore — coauthor (person)
- Duvall — coauthor (person)
- Emmerson — coauthor (person)
- Eng — coauthor (person)
- Fuller — coauthor (person)
- Gaines — coauthor (person)
- Galgiani — coauthor (person)
- Garcia — coauthor (person)
- Garrick — coauthor (person)
- Harman — coauthor (person)
- Hayashi — coauthor (person)
- Horton — coauthor (person)
- Houston — coauthor (person)
- Huff — coauthor (person)
- Jeffries — coauthor (person)
- Karnette — coauthor (person)
- Keene — coauthor (person)
- Krekorian — coauthor (person)
- La Malfa — coauthor (person)
- Ma — author (person)
- Maldonado — coauthor (person)
- Margett — coauthor (person)
- Maze — coauthor (person)
- Mullin — coauthor (person)
- Nakanishi — coauthor (person)
- Nava — coauthor (person)
- Niello — coauthor (person)
- Parra — coauthor (person)
- Plescia — coauthor (person)
- Portantino — coauthor (person)
- Price — coauthor (person)
- Romero — principal coauthor (person)
- Runner — coauthor (person)
- Sharon Runner — coauthor (person)
- Silva — coauthor (person)
- Smyth — coauthor (person)
- Solorio — coauthor (person)
- Strickland — coauthor (person)
- Tran — coauthor (person)
- Villines — coauthor (person)
- Walters — coauthor (person)
- Wolk — coauthor (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.
- **2008-04-01** Referred to Standing Committee on Rules. `referral-committee`
- **2008-04-01** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Rules Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, referral-committee`
- **2008-04-02** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules. `referral-committee`
- **2008-04-14** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 14). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2008-05-01** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 30). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-05-05** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-05-15** Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. (Page 5137.). `reading-1, reading-3, amendment-passage`
- **2008-05-19** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 5191.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-05-19** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2008-05-29** Referred to Standing Committee on Rules. `referral-committee`
- **2008-06-26** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2008-08-04** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and be amended. `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2008-08-05** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage`
- **2008-08-07** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 4853.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-08-07** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 10 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2008-08-07** Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
- **2008-08-12** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 6385.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2008-09-17** Enrolled and to the Governor at 12:45 p.m.
- **2008-09-29** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2008-09-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 584, Statutes of 2008.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dadd9ba7-a00e-4414-8df4-d2aacd0a8445`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).