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Bill	Judges' retirement.	Judges' retirement.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20072008	AB 545	California AB 545 (20072008)	bill appropriation	Judges' retirement.	enacted	Walters	7	30	11	2007-02-21	2008-09-30	openstates	ocd-bill/539eea59-6fd0-428c-b6ea-b489f41cc348	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB545	92f26f6469acbaffc4347b00bef0d3dc839ca8b43e2b04c4903afd5320ee43fb	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 545 (20072008) — Judges' retirement.

Version chain

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

1. 02/21/07 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 01/17/08 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 08/04/08 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 08/11/08 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/30/08 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. AB545 (committee substitute) — source
7. 08/27/08 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass as amended and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — pass (pass) · lower
• Senate amendments be concurred in. — pass (pass) · lower
• Special Consent #37 AB545 Walters By Ackerman — pass (pass) · upper
• Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Insurance to Consent Calendar. — pass (pass) · lower
• AB 545 WALTERS Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — fail (fail) · upper
• Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Rules. — pass (pass) · upper
• Set, first hearing. Failed passage in Committee. Reconsideration granted. — pass (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · upper
• AB 545 WALTERS Concurrence- Urgency Added — pass (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Walters — 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 Public Employees, Retirement and Social Security and Standing Committee on Insurance. referral-committee
• 2008-01-09 From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Insurance with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 3672.) (January 9). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2008-01-16 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (January 16). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2008-01-17 Read second time and amended. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage
• 2008-01-18 Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. referral-committee
• 2008-01-24 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (January 24). Read second time. To Consent Calendar. committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, committee-passage-favorable
• 2008-01-29 Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 3882.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2008-01-30 In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. reading-1
• 2008-02-07 Referred to Com. on B., F. & I. referral-committee
• 2008-06-02 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2008-06-19 From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Rules Re-referred. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) . committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2008-06-23 Re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Employment and Retirement. referral-committee
• 2008-06-24 In committee: Set first hearing. Failed passage. Reconsideration granted.
• 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 Public Employment and Retirement. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, referral-committee, amendment-passage
• 2008-08-11 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 Employment and Retirement. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, referral-committee, amendment-passage
• 2008-08-11 Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 4871.)
• 2008-08-12 From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 3. Noes 0.) . committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2008-08-13 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage
• 2008-08-14 Read second time. To third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2008-08-19 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5165.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2008-08-19 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 21 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2008-08-20 Re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Employees, Retirement and Social Security pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. referral-committee
• 2008-08-20 Joint Rule 62(a), file notice waived. (Page 6753.)
• 2008-08-21 From committee: With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (August 21). committee-passage
• 2008-08-22 Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 6805.) committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2008-09-23 Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.
• 2008-09-30 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2008-09-30 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 626, Statutes of 2008.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/539eea59-6fd0-428c-b6ea-b489f41cc348. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).