republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20072008/ab-2232.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Telephone corporations: state video franchiseholders: video providers: employee background checks."
description: "Telephone corporations: state video franchiseholders: video providers: employee background checks."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 2232"
citation: "California AB 2232 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Telephone corporations: state video franchiseholders: video providers: employee background checks."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["De La Torre"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 22
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2008-02-20"
last_action: "2008-07-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9d940b6f-ed41-4aec-8139-47d49f3a1eec"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2232"
source_hash: "b7d74f6478fd19c1a6ca20dee8e5723485c709dcf4472c7c5256ca5590432755"
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 2232 (20072008) — Telephone corporations: state video franchiseholders: video providers: employee background checks.

## 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=200720080AB2232&version=20070AB223299INT)
2. **04/01/08 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2232&version=20070AB223298AMD)
3. **04/30/08 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2232&version=20070AB223297AMD)
4. **06/11/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2232&version=20070AB223296AMD)
5. **07/22/08 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2232&version=20070AB223294CHP)
6. **AB2232** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2232)
7. **07/01/08 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2232&version=20070AB223295ENR)

## Votes

- AB 2232 DE LA TORRE Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Labor and Employment. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 2232 DE LA TORRE Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent #30 AB2232 De La Torre — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Rules. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- De La Torre — 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 Utilities and Commerce and Standing Committee on Labor and Employment. `referral-committee`
- **2008-03-28** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Labor and Employment (Ayes 7. Noes 1. Page 4358.) (March 24). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2008-04-01** Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage`
- **2008-04-02** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Labor and Employment. `referral-committee`
- **2008-04-29** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 23). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2008-04-30** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage`
- **2008-05-01** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-05-08** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 5044.) `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 Standing Committee on Energy, Utilities and Communications and Standing Committee on Rules. `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 Energy, Utilities and Communications. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2008-06-17** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Rules Re-referred. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2008-06-18** Withdrawn from committee. Ordered placed on second reading file.
- **2008-06-19** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-06-26** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 4457.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-06-26** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after June 28 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2008-06-30** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 5931.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2008-07-10** Enrolled and to the Governor at 10 a.m.
- **2008-07-22** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2008-07-22** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 195, Statutes of 2008.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9d940b6f-ed41-4aec-8139-47d49f3a1eec`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).