republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20072008/ab-372.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Consumer credit reports: security freezes."
description: "Consumer credit reports: security freezes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 372"
citation: "California AB 372 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Consumer credit reports: security freezes."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Salas"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 27
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2007-02-15"
last_action: "2008-07-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8de31fc7-c562-48c1-bcf3-b9cc631a8b0a"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB372"
source_hash: "350fa1a1d6af5d08dbd9b4a91ae38ddde8868a6ad125804f8908988909887c87"
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 372 (20072008) — Consumer credit reports: security freezes.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/15/07 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB372&version=20070AB37299INT)
2. **01/07/08 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB372&version=20070AB37297AMD)
3. **01/23/08 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB372&version=20070AB37296AMD)
4. **03/19/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB372&version=20070AB37298AMD)
5. **07/21/08 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB372&version=20070AB37294CHP)
6. **AB372** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB372)
7. **07/01/08 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB372&version=20070AB37295ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Judiciary. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Be referred to Committee on Banking and Finance. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB372 Salas By Corbett — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Be referred to Committee on Judiciary. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 372 SALAS Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Salas — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-02-15** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2007-02-16** From printer. May be heard in committee March 18.
- **2007-02-26** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-19** 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`
- **2007-03-22** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-27** In committee: Set, second hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2007-05-08** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2008-01-07** 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`
- **2008-01-07** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2008-01-07** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules by unanimous consent. `referral-committee`
- **2008-01-07** From committee: Be re-referred to Standing Committee on Banking and Finance and Standing Committee on Judiciary Re-referred. (Ayes 11. Noes 0. Page 3638.) (January 7). `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2008-01-14** Assembly Rule 56 suspended (Standing Committee on Judiciary).
- **2008-01-14** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice waived. (Page 3696.)
- **2008-01-14** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Judiciary Re-referred. (Ayes 8. Noes 3.) (January 14). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2008-01-22** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 8. Noes 2.) (January 15). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2008-01-23** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage`
- **2008-01-24** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-01-28** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 49. Noes 24. Page 3831.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-01-28** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2008-02-07** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2008-05-14** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 3. Noes 2.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-05-15** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-06-30** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 24. Noes 11. Page 4514.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-07-01** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2008-07-07** Enrolled and to the Governor at 12:30 p.m.
- **2008-07-21** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2008-07-21** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 151, Statutes of 2008.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8de31fc7-c562-48c1-bcf3-b9cc631a8b0a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).