republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20072008/ab-2842.md

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Bill	Solicitation: unfair business practices.	Solicitation: unfair business practices.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20072008	AB 2842	California AB 2842 (20072008)	bill	Solicitation: unfair business practices.	enacted	Berg	7	26	8	2008-02-22	2008-09-30	openstates	ocd-bill/24aab0f9-1e66-4dc0-afdc-bd8567dc0d22	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2842	e7c369c6d3d9a0956c6826285efc46325f583d8f5d85cc73f0a97dc809e1d469	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 2842 (20072008) — Solicitation: unfair business practices.

Version chain

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

1. 02/22/08 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/10/08 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 05/23/08 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 07/10/08 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/30/08 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. AB2842 (committee substitute) — source
7. 08/21/08 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Health. — pass (pass) · upper
• AB 2842 BERG Concurrence in Senate Amendments — pass (pass) · lower
• Assembly 3rd Reading AB2842 Berg By Steinberg — pass (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended. — pass (pass) · lower
• AB 2842 BERG Assembly Third Reading — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Judiciary. — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Berg — primary (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 Health and Standing Committee on Judiciary. referral-committee
• 2008-04-01 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2008-04-09 From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Judiciary Re-referred. (Ayes 12. Noes 4.) (April 8). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2008-04-10 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
• 2008-04-14 Re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. referral-committee
• 2008-04-15 From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 2.) (April 15). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2008-04-30 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. referral-committee
• 2008-05-23 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (May 22). Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2008-05-27 Read second time. To third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2008-05-28 Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 47. Noes 30. Page 5501.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2008-05-29 In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. reading-1
• 2008-06-12 Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary and Standing Committee on Health. referral-committee
• 2008-06-25 From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Health. Re-referred. (Ayes 3. Noes 2.) . committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2008-06-26 From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 6. Noes 4.) . committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2008-07-10 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, referral-committee, amendment-passage
• 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 23. Noes 15. Page 4977.) 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.
• 2008-08-18 Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 47. Noes 31. Page 6577.) committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2008-09-17 Enrolled and to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
• 2008-09-30 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2008-09-30 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 744, Statutes of 2008.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/24aab0f9-1e66-4dc0-afdc-bd8567dc0d22. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).