republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20072008/ab-534.md

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Bill	Crimes against children.	Crimes against children.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20072008	AB 534	California AB 534 (20072008)	bill	Crimes against children.	enacted	Smyth	10	31	9	2007-02-21	2008-09-27	openstates	ocd-bill/1929aff0-e6e4-4591-962f-0d7393dcce42	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB534	6d9a3216003990c731780c27ee2fa6938b7500ffe855e8edc8b820875438d9d9	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 534 (20072008) — Crimes against children.

Version chain

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

1. 02/21/07 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/14/08 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 05/06/08 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 05/19/08 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 06/01/07 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
6. 08/28/07 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/05/07 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/27/08 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
9. AB534 (committee substitute) — source
10. 08/18/08 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• AB 534 SMYTH Concurrence in Senate Amendments — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended. — pass (pass) · lower
• Senate amendments be concurred in. — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Judiciary. — pass (pass) · upper
• AB 534 SMYTH Assembly Third Reading — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · upper
• Assembly 3rd Reading AB534 Smyth By Romero — pass (pass) · upper
• Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — pass (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Smyth — primary (person)
• Parra — author (person)
• Romero — coauthor (person)
• Sharon Runner — author (person)
• Spitzer — author (person)

Timeline

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

• 2007-02-21 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2007-02-22 From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
• 2007-03-01 Referred to Standing Committee on Transportation. referral-committee
• 2007-04-10 From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 8. Noes 4.) (April 9). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2007-04-18 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. referral-committee
• 2007-06-01 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 2.) (May 31). Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2007-06-04 Read second time. To third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2007-06-05 Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 60. Noes 15. Page 1921.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2007-06-06 In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. reading-1
• 2007-06-14 Referred to Standing Committee on Transportation and Housing. referral-committee
• 2007-07-05 From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 6. Noes 2.) . committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2007-08-28 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
• 2007-08-29 Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules. referral-committee
• 2007-09-05 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, referral-committee, amendment-passage
• 2008-01-31 Re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety and Standing Committee on Judiciary. referral-committee
• 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 Judiciary (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) . amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2008-05-06 Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2008-05-12 Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. referral-committee
• 2008-05-19 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, referral-committee, amendment-passage
• 2008-06-23 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage
• 2008-06-24 Read second time. To third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2008-06-30 Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 4518.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2008-07-01 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 3 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2008-07-03 Re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. referral-committee
• 2008-08-12 Joint Rule 62(a), file notice waived. (Page 6380.)
• 2008-08-14 From committee: With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (August 14). committee-passage
• 2008-08-15 Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 6530.) committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2008-09-17 Enrolled and to the Governor at 12:45 p.m.
• 2008-09-27 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2008-09-27 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 423, Statutes of 2008.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1929aff0-e6e4-4591-962f-0d7393dcce42. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).