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Bill	Referral fees: information technology and training services.	Referral fees: information technology and training services.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20072008	AB 55	California AB 55 (20072008)	bill	Referral fees: information technology and training services.	enacted	Laird	10	31	8	2006-12-04	2008-09-25	openstates	ocd-bill/5902e8a7-0327-4501-bde7-414557dee48d	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB55	0f177e1af444130bbdb46f5b9d54c7c4c58a8b6701c02231f611b73af4c7dab1	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 55 (20072008) — Referral fees: information technology and training services.

Version chain

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

1. 12/04/06 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 01/17/08 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 03/03/08 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 05/22/08 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 07/02/07 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 07/03/08 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 08/23/07 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/25/08 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
9. AB55 (committee substitute) — source
10. 08/08/08 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · lower
• Assembly 3rd Reading AB55 Laird Urgency Clause — pass (pass) · upper
• AB 55 LAIRD Concurrence- Urgency Added — pass (pass) · lower
• Senate amendments be concurred in. — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — pass (pass) · lower
• AB 55 DYMALLY Assembly Third Reading — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Rules. — pass (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Laird — primary (person)
• Aanestad — 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 Health. referral-committee
• 2007-03-07 From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 12. Noes 4.) (March 6). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2007-03-28 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. referral-committee
• 2007-06-01 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (May 31). Read second time. To third reading. committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, committee-passage-favorable
• 2007-06-04 Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 48. Noes 30. Page 1783.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2007-06-05 In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. reading-1
• 2007-06-14 Referred to Standing Committee on Health. referral-committee
• 2007-07-02 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Health. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, referral-committee, amendment-passage
• 2007-07-11 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2007-08-23 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Health. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, referral-committee, amendment-passage
• 2007-08-27 In committee: Set, second hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2008-01-17 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Health. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, referral-committee, amendment-passage
• 2008-03-03 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Health. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, referral-committee, amendment-passage
• 2008-05-08 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
• 2008-05-15 Re-referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Economic Development. referral-committee
• 2008-05-22 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Economic Development. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, referral-committee, amendment-passage
• 2008-06-10 From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) . committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 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
• 2008-07-03 Read third time, amended. To second reading. reading-1, reading-3, amendment-passage
• 2008-07-07 Read second time. To third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2008-07-10 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 4681.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2008-07-14 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 16 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2008-07-15 Re-referred to Standing Committee on Health. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. referral-committee
• 2008-08-06 From committee: With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (August 5). committee-passage
• 2008-08-07 Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 6252.) committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2008-09-16 Enrolled and to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
• 2008-09-25 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2008-09-25 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 290, Statutes of 2008.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5902e8a7-0327-4501-bde7-414557dee48d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).