republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20072008/ab-2136.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Prepaid calling cards."
description: "Prepaid calling cards."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 2136"
citation: "California AB 2136 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Prepaid calling cards."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mendoza"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 27
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2008-02-20"
last_action: "2008-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a8b54be2-58eb-404c-b17c-6abe4bafef3d"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2136"
source_hash: "aa106b741976843cd1c7a080d89df6d8533782a2bb5397f074724593c6b1e47a"
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 2136 (20072008) — Prepaid calling cards.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/20/08 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2136&version=20070AB213699INT)
2. **03/25/08 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2136&version=20070AB213698AMD)
3. **04/23/08 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2136&version=20070AB213697AMD)
4. **06/17/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2136&version=20070AB213696AMD)
5. **07/03/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2136&version=20070AB213695AMD)
6. **09/30/08 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2136&version=20070AB213693CHP)
7. **AB2136** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2136)
8. **08/13/08 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2136&version=20070AB213694ENR)

## Votes

- AB 2136 MENDOZA Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB2136 Mendoza By Corbett — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Judiciary. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 2136 MENDOZA Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Mendoza — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2008-02-20** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2008-02-21** From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
- **2008-03-05** Referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. `referral-committee`
- **2008-03-25** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, referral-committee`
- **2008-03-28** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. `referral-committee`
- **2008-04-01** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2008-04-15** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 2.) (April 15). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2008-04-23** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, referral-committee`
- **2008-04-24** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2008-05-01** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 5.) (April 30). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-05-05** (Corrected May 2.)
- **2008-05-05** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-05-19** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 45. Noes 31. Page 5192.) `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 Business, Professions and Economic Development and Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2008-06-17** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Judiciary Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 2.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2008-06-17** 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`
- **2008-06-25** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 3. Noes 2.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2008-07-03** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2008-08-04** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2008-08-05** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-08-07** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 26. Noes 11. Page 4840.) `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.
- **2008-08-12** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 52. Noes 26. Page 6321.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2008-09-17** 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 739, Statutes of 2008.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a8b54be2-58eb-404c-b17c-6abe4bafef3d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).