republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20072008/ab-2738.md

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Bill	Indemnification: construction contracts.	Indemnification: construction contracts.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20072008	AB 2738	California AB 2738 (20072008)	bill	Indemnification: construction contracts.	enacted	Jones	8	22	5	2008-02-22	2008-09-27	openstates	ocd-bill/d74dd5f6-4ce6-4bc6-9f54-eae5ff2858cb	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2738	0d48fcebd77a2200f7d29c2e4729e1114217ce8b38008682b8174f7a6a291abe	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 2738 (20072008) — Indemnification: construction contracts.

Version chain

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

1. 02/22/08 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 05/19/08 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 06/10/08 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 07/02/08 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/18/08 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/27/08 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
7. AB2738 (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/09/08 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass. — pass (pass) · lower
• AB 2738 Jones Concurrence in Senate Amendments — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended. — pass (pass) · upper
• Assembly 3rd Reading AB2738 Jones By Steinberg — pass (pass) · upper
• AB 2738 JONES Assembly Third Reading — pass (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Jones — primary (person)
• Adams — coauthor (person)
• Evans — coauthor (person)
• Feuer — coauthor (person)
• Gaines — coauthor (person)
• Harman — coauthor (person)
• Keene — coauthor (person)
• Solorio — coauthor (person)
• Wolk — coauthor (person)
• Wyland — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2008-02-22 Introduced. To print. introduction
• 2008-02-24 From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
• 2008-02-25 Read first time. reading-1
• 2008-03-13 Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. referral-committee
• 2008-04-01 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2008-04-08 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 8). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2008-04-09 Read second time. To third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2008-05-19 Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. (Page 5189.). reading-1, reading-3, amendment-passage
• 2008-05-22 Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 5243.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2008-05-22 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
• 2008-06-10 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 3. 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
• 2008-08-18 Read third time, amended. To second reading. reading-1, reading-3, amendment-passage
• 2008-08-19 Read second time. To third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2008-08-20 Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 1. Page 5196.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2008-08-30 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
• 2008-08-30 Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 7070.) committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2008-09-18 Enrolled and to the Governor at 11 a.m.
• 2008-09-27 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2008-09-27 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 467, Statutes of 2008.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d74dd5f6-4ce6-4bc6-9f54-eae5ff2858cb. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).