republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20072008/ab-2249.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Financial institutions: accounts."
description: "Financial institutions: accounts."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 2249"
citation: "California AB 2249 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Financial institutions: accounts."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Niello"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 24
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2008-02-20"
last_action: "2008-08-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e985c989-a84c-4357-a655-1b72d62af70c"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2249"
source_hash: "6c1ba8be26bd95945ea19f9adff22476de1a0066ce65e8ea82cc1a7cc318c466"
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 2249 (20072008) — Financial institutions: accounts.

## 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=200720080AB2249&version=20070AB224999INT)
2. **05/28/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2249&version=20070AB224998AMD)
3. **08/01/08 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2249&version=20070AB224996CHP)
4. **AB2249** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2249)
5. **07/16/08 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2249&version=20070AB224997ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Rules. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 2249 NIELLO Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 2249 NIELLO Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent #34 AB2249 Niello — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Revenue and Taxation. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Niello — 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.
- **2008-03-10** Referred to Standing Committee on Banking and Finance and Standing Committee on Revenue and Taxation. `referral-committee`
- **2008-03-24** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2008-04-08** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Revenue and Taxation. Re-referred. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (April 7). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2008-04-15** 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. To Consent Calendar. (April 30). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-05-05** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-05-08** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 5059.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-05-08** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2008-05-22** Referred to B., F. & I. and Standing Committee on Rules. `referral-committee`
- **2008-05-28** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on B., F. & I. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2008-06-05** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Rules Re-referred. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2008-06-12** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Revenue and Taxation. `referral-committee`
- **2008-06-26** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2008-07-07** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2008-07-10** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-07-14** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 4708.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-07-14** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 16 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2008-07-15** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 6120.)
- **2008-07-15** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 6130.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2008-07-22** Enrolled and to the Governor at 12:30 p.m.
- **2008-08-01** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2008-08-01** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 234, Statutes of 2008.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e985c989-a84c-4357-a655-1b72d62af70c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).