republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20072008/ab-2436.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Recreational vehicles: dealer agreements."
description: "Recreational vehicles: dealer agreements."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 2436"
citation: "California AB 2436 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Recreational vehicles: dealer agreements."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Emmerson"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 28
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2008-02-21"
last_action: "2008-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e8b9b319-0e1b-4b7d-90fd-24147a17404a"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2436"
source_hash: "9c2bc5702afd211aff4bcb5fdcce7eda183c191243585b3ee4a3de5635e2e04d"
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 2436 (20072008) — Recreational vehicles: dealer agreements.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/21/08 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2436&version=20070AB243699INT)
2. **04/08/08 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2436&version=20070AB243698AMD)
3. **04/16/08 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2436&version=20070AB243697AMD)
4. **06/12/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2436&version=20070AB243696AMD)
5. **06/19/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2436&version=20070AB243695AMD)
6. **07/02/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2436&version=20070AB243694AMD)
7. **09/30/08 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2436&version=20070AB243692CHP)
8. **AB2436** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2436)
9. **08/15/08 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2436&version=20070AB243693ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Judiciary. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 2436 EMMERSON Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 2436 EMMERSON Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB2436 Emmerson By Torlakson — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Emmerson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2008-02-21** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2008-02-23** From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
- **2008-03-06** Referred to Standing Committee on Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **2008-04-07** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2008-04-08** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Transportation Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, referral-committee`
- **2008-04-09** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **2008-04-15** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (April 14). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2008-04-16** Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage`
- **2008-04-17** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `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`
- **2008-05-15** Referred to Standing Committee on Transportation and Housing and Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2008-06-11** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Judiciary (Ayes 11. Noes 1.) . `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2008-06-12** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2008-06-19** 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, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) . `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2008-07-02** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2008-08-05** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2008-08-06** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-08-13** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 1. Page 4976.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-08-13** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 15 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2008-08-14** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 6494.)
- **2008-08-14** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 6497.) `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 743, Statutes of 2008.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e8b9b319-0e1b-4b7d-90fd-24147a17404a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).