republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20072008/ab-7.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Armed services members: consumer loans."
description: "Armed services members: consumer loans."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 7"
citation: "California AB 7 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Armed services members: consumer loans."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lieu"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 26
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2006-12-04"
last_action: "2007-10-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0e7850de-b67c-48cc-9b33-6ded5c13b17d"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB7"
source_hash: "ef879d83b83231f7cd855b973efdbad79d23522773dd1a14a09e27be7457e047"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California AB 7 (20072008) — Armed services members: consumer loans.

## Version chain

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

1. **12/04/06 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB7&version=20070AB799INT)
2. **03/19/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB7&version=20070AB798AMD)
3. **04/09/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB7&version=20070AB797AMD)
4. **06/28/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB7&version=20070AB796AMD)
5. **09/06/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB7&version=20070AB795AMD)
6. **09/07/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB7&version=20070AB794AMD)
7. **10/09/07 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB7&version=20070AB792CHP)
8. **AB7** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB7)
9. **09/20/07 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB7&version=20070AB793ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Judiciary. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB7 Lieu Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB7 Lieu Urgency Clause — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB7 LIEU Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lieu — primary (person)
- Beall — coauthor (person)
- Horton — coauthor (person)
- Huff — coauthor (person)
- Jeffries — coauthor (person)
- Laird — coauthor (person)
- Saldana — author (person)
- Wolk — 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 Banking and Finance. `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-19** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Banking and Finance Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, referral-committee`
- **2007-03-22** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Banking and Finance. `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-29** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (March 26). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2007-04-09** Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage`
- **2007-04-10** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-19** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (April 18). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-04-23** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-04-26** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 1187.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-04-26** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2007-05-09** Referred to B., F. & I. and Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2007-06-21** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Judiciary Re-referred. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2007-06-27** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) . `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2007-06-28** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2007-07-17** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2007-07-18** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-09-06** Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. `reading-1, reading-3, amendment-passage`
- **2007-09-07** Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. `reading-1, reading-3, amendment-passage`
- **2007-09-11** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 2. Page 2592.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-09-11** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2007-09-12** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 3344.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2007-09-26** Enrolled and to the Governor at 1:45 p.m.
- **2007-10-09** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2007-10-09** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 358, Statutes of 2007.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0e7850de-b67c-48cc-9b33-6ded5c13b17d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).