republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20072008/ab-542.md

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Bill	State Historical Building Safety Board: membership.	State Historical Building Safety Board: membership.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20072008	AB 542	California AB 542 (20072008)	bill	State Historical Building Safety Board: membership.	enacted	Gaines	4	17	5	2007-02-21	2007-07-12	openstates	ocd-bill/daead51a-4173-460d-a151-a1d2a2cde3e3	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB542	1df66c4896d24250586772cf5ec17b0fe877b2d6a8d6fb929fda09de2800cc39	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 542 (20072008) — State Historical Building Safety Board: membership.

Version chain

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

1. 02/21/07 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 07/12/07 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
3. AB542 (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/30/07 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — pass (pass) · lower
• AB 542 GAINES Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — pass (pass) · lower
• Special Consent #11 AB542 Gaines — pass (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — pass (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Gaines — primary (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 Housing and Community Development. referral-committee
• 2007-04-11 From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 11). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2007-04-26 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (April 25). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2007-04-30 Read second time. To Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2007-05-03 Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 70. Noes 0. Page 1324.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2007-05-03 In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. reading-1
• 2007-05-09 Referred to Standing Committee on Transportation and Housing. referral-committee
• 2007-06-13 From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) . committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2007-06-25 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage
• 2007-06-26 Read second time. To third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2007-06-28 Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 1593.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2007-06-28 In Assembly. To enrollment.
• 2007-07-02 Enrolled and to the Governor at 3:45 p.m.
• 2007-07-12 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2007-07-12 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 55, Statutes of 2007.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/daead51a-4173-460d-a151-a1d2a2cde3e3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).