republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20072008/ab-236.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public resources: state and local motor vehicle fleets."
description: "Public resources: state and local motor vehicle fleets."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 236"
citation: "California AB 236 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public resources: state and local motor vehicle fleets."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lieu"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 30
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2007-01-31"
last_action: "2007-10-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aee18510-4c7e-46c7-ab66-31a8c9542c5c"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB236"
source_hash: "397401b4c8c1e5de4354b716a2d0ead37b8928f2615dab40701a833b439f6324"
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 236 (20072008) — Public resources: state and local motor vehicle fleets.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/31/07 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB236&version=20070AB23699INT)
2. **03/06/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB236&version=20070AB23698AMD)
3. **04/26/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB236&version=20070AB23697AMD)
4. **06/01/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB236&version=20070AB23696AMD)
5. **07/03/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB236&version=20070AB23695AMD)
6. **07/17/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB236&version=20070AB23694AMD)
7. **08/20/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB236&version=20070AB23693AMD)
8. **09/07/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB236&version=20070AB23692AMD)
9. **10/13/07 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB236&version=20070AB23690CHP)
10. **AB236** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB236)
11. **09/20/07 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB236&version=20070AB23691ENR)

## Votes

- AB 236 LIEU Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 236 Lieu Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB236 Lieu By Florez — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Governmental Organization. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lieu — primary (person)
- DeSaulnier — author (person)
- Florez — principal coauthor (person)
- Huffman — author (person)
- Krekorian — coauthor (person)
- Mendoza — coauthor (person)
- Portantino — coauthor (person)
- Ruskin — coauthor (person)
- Wiggins — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-01-31** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2007-02-01** From printer. May be heard in committee March 3.
- **2007-03-01** Referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-06** 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`
- **2007-03-07** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-29** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 9. Noes 1.) (March 27). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2007-04-26** 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`
- **2007-04-30** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-16** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2007-06-01** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (May 31). Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2007-06-04** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-06-05** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 62. Noes 17. Page 1908.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-06-06** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2007-06-14** Referred to Standing Committee on Transportation and Housing and Standing Committee on Governmental Organization. `referral-committee`
- **2007-06-27** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization Re-referred. (Ayes 8. Noes 3.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2007-07-03** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2007-07-16** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 5. Noes 4.) . `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2007-07-17** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2007-08-20** 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`
- **2007-08-20** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2007-08-27** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **2007-08-31** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 7.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-08-31** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-09-07** Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. `reading-1, reading-3, amendment-passage`
- **2007-09-11** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 24. Noes 13. Page 2594.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-09-11** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2007-09-12** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 56. Noes 20. Page 3351.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2007-09-27** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3:45 p.m.
- **2007-10-13** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2007-10-13** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 593, Statutes of 2007.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/aee18510-4c7e-46c7-ab66-31a8c9542c5c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).