republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20072008/ab-2296.md

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Bill	Academic research.	Academic research.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20072008	AB 2296	California AB 2296 (20072008)	bill	Academic research.	enacted	Mullin	13	39	7	2008-02-21	2008-09-28	openstates	ocd-bill/30590f10-d7f8-414f-9bcc-2b86bf0d6319	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2296	48d53495a6c1823947b4d62273e4da5e0fb2905a0e09d13d093574753abe15a9	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 2296 (20072008) — Academic research.

Version chain

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

1. 02/21/08 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/01/08 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/23/08 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 05/15/08 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 06/17/08 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 07/02/08 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 08/04/08 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
8. 08/11/08 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
9. 08/19/08 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
10. 08/21/08 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
11. 09/28/08 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
12. AB2296 (committee substitute) — source
13. 09/04/08 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Assembly 3rd Reading AB2296 Mullin Urgency Clause — pass (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · upper
• AB 2296 MULLIN Assembly Third Reading — pass (pass) · lower
• AB 2296 MULLIN Concurrence- Urgency Added — pass (pass) · lower
• Senate amendments be concurred in. — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended. — pass (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Mullin — primary (person)
• Simitian — principal coauthor (person)
• Wolk — principal coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2008-02-21 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2008-02-22 From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
• 2008-04-01 Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. referral-committee
• 2008-04-01 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
• 2008-04-02 Re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. referral-committee
• 2008-04-14 Joint Rule 62(a), file notice waived. (Page 4627.)
• 2008-04-15 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2008-04-22 From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 17). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2008-04-23 Read second time and amended. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage
• 2008-04-28 Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. referral-committee
• 2008-05-01 Withdrawn from committee. Ordered placed on second reading file.
• 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 5145.). reading-1, reading-3, amendment-passage
• 2008-05-19 Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 5198.) 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 Judiciary. 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
• 2008-07-01 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. 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
• 2008-07-10 To inactive file on motion of Senator Perata.
• 2008-08-04 From inactive file. To second reading.
• 2008-08-04 Re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules. referral-committee
• 2008-08-04 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, referral-committee, amendment-passage
• 2008-08-04 Re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. referral-committee
• 2008-08-11 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2008-08-11 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, referral-committee, amendment-passage
• 2008-08-18 From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) . amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2008-08-19 Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2008-08-20 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and be amended. committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2008-08-21 Read second time, amended, and to third reading. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage
• 2008-08-22 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. (Ayes 29. Noes 0. Page 5316.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2008-08-27 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 29 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2008-08-28 Re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. referral-committee
• 2008-08-28 Joint Rule 62(a), file notice waived. (Page 6936.)
• 2008-08-28 From committee: With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (August 28). committee-passage
• 2008-08-29 Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 6981.) committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2008-09-18 Enrolled and to the Governor at 11 a.m.
• 2008-09-28 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2008-09-28 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 492, Statutes of 2008.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/30590f10-d7f8-414f-9bcc-2b86bf0d6319. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).