republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20072008/ab-38.md

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Bill	State agencies: California Emergency Management Agency.	State agencies: California Emergency Management Agency.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20072008	AB 38	California AB 38 (20072008)	bill	State agencies: California Emergency Management Agency.	enacted	Nava	12	34	10	2006-12-04	2008-09-27	openstates	ocd-bill/228d248d-20cb-4119-a884-2a9390a404b2	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB38	dce9ae44abef9e3ce1f7a47e6c57d800aa81abc052d4741ba6402ed0beec3100	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 38 (20072008) — State agencies: California Emergency Management Agency.

Version chain

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

1. 12/04/06 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/08/07 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/14/08 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 05/01/07 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 05/06/08 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 06/17/08 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 08/04/08 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
8. 08/11/08 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
9. 08/18/08 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
10. 09/27/08 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
11. AB38 (committee substitute) — source
12. 09/15/08 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• AB 38 Nava Concurrence in Senate Amendments — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Rules. — pass (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended. — pass (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — fail (fail) · upper
• AB 38 NAVA Assembly Third Reading — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — pass (pass) · lower
• Set, first hearing. Failed passage in Committee. Reconsideration granted. — pass (pass) · upper
• Assembly 3rd Reading AB38 Nava By Kehoe — pass (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Nava — primary (person)
• Beall — coauthor (person)
• Cedillo — coauthor (person)
• Jeffries — coauthor (person)
• Lieber — coauthor (person)
• Padilla — coauthor (person)
• Perata — coauthor (person)
• Torrico — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2006-12-04 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2006-12-05 From printer. May be heard in committee January 4.
• 2007-02-01 Referred to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization. referral-committee
• 2007-03-08 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization Read second time and amended. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, referral-committee
• 2007-03-12 Re-referred to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization. referral-committee
• 2007-04-30 From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 25). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2007-05-01 Read second time and amended. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage
• 2007-05-02 Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. referral-committee
• 2007-05-17 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 16). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2007-05-21 Read second time. To third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2007-05-24 Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 1619.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2007-05-24 In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. reading-1
• 2007-06-07 Referred to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization. referral-committee
• 2007-06-26 From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Rules Re-referred. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) . committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2007-06-28 Re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. referral-committee
• 2007-07-10 In committee: Set first hearing. Failed passage. Reconsideration granted.
• 2008-04-14 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, referral-committee, amendment-passage
• 2008-05-05 From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) . amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2008-05-06 Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2008-06-17 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
• 2008-06-23 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2008-06-30 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2008-07-07 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2008-08-04 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
• 2008-08-07 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) . amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2008-08-11 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
• 2008-08-21 Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5286.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2008-08-29 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
• 2008-08-29 Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 77. Noes 1. Page 6990.) committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2008-09-18 Enrolled and to the Governor at 2 p.m.
• 2008-09-27 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2008-09-27 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 372, Statutes of 2008.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/228d248d-20cb-4119-a884-2a9390a404b2. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).