republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20072008/ab-554.md

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Bill	Public employees: benefits.	Public employees: benefits.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20072008	AB 554	California AB 554 (20072008)	bill	Public employees: benefits.	enacted	Hernandez	6	21	8	2007-02-21	2007-10-08	openstates	ocd-bill/b09c91fb-6fdd-4e28-be60-834fcf917cb4	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB554	a4ba3f664d07bdd682141796615cd7d56934a791636e0d2fafbcdccb3a6c890c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 554 (20072008) — Public employees: benefits.

Version chain

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

1. 02/21/07 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 06/18/07 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 08/23/07 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 10/08/07 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
5. AB554 (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/14/07 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · upper
• Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — pass (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — pass (pass) · lower
• AB 554 HERNANDEZ Assembly Third Reading — pass (pass) · lower
• Assembly 3rd Reading AB554 Hernandez By Ridley-Thomas — pass (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — pass (pass) · upper
• AB 554 HERNANDEZ Concurrence in Senate Amendments — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Hernandez — primary (person)
• Ridley-Thomas — principal coauthor (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. referral-committee
• 2007-03-28 From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (March 28). 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: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (May 31). Read second time. To third reading. committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, committee-passage-favorable
• 2007-06-05 Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 47. Noes 32. Page 1876.) 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 Public Employment and Retirement. referral-committee
• 2007-06-18 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
• 2007-06-26 From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) . committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2007-07-09 In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
• 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 Appropriations. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, referral-committee, amendment-passage
• 2007-08-31 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 5.) . committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2007-08-31 Read second time. To third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2007-09-06 Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 21. Noes 14. Page 2372.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2007-09-07 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 9 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2007-09-10 Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 47. Noes 31. Page 3142.) committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2007-09-18 Enrolled and to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
• 2007-10-08 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2007-10-08 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 318, Statutes of 2007.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b09c91fb-6fdd-4e28-be60-834fcf917cb4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).