republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20072008/ab-868.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Gasoline dispensing: weights and measures."
description: "Gasoline dispensing: weights and measures."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 868"
citation: "California AB 868 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Gasoline dispensing: weights and measures."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Davis"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 32
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2007-02-22"
last_action: "2007-10-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b16abcfb-81e2-44dd-b0cc-9e3778c1ec04"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB868"
source_hash: "e73b15222b8a20a1304275330df4eda956100677b5fe74d8b01edecaccf90685"
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 868 (20072008) — Gasoline dispensing: weights and measures.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/22/07 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB868&version=20070AB86899INT)
2. **04/10/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB868&version=20070AB86898AMD)
3. **06/01/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB868&version=20070AB86897AMD)
4. **06/06/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB868&version=20070AB86896AMD)
5. **07/11/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB868&version=20070AB86895AMD)
6. **08/23/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB868&version=20070AB86894AMD)
7. **10/10/07 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB868&version=20070AB86892CHP)
8. **AB868** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB868)
9. **09/14/07 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB868&version=20070AB86893ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 868 DAVIS Assembly Third Reading Amendment Set #1 — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 868 DAVIS Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 868 DAVIS Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB868 Davis By Ridley-Thomas — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Davis — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2007-02-22** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2007-02-23** From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
- **2007-04-09** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-10** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Public Safety Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, referral-committee`
- **2007-04-12** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-25** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (April 24). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2007-05-10** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2007-06-01** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (May 31). Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2007-06-04** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-06-06** Read third time. `reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-06-06** Amended.
- **2007-06-06** (Ayes 46. Noes 31. Page 1981.)
- **2007-06-06** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee`
- **2007-06-12** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (June 12). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-06-13** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-06-21** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 46. Noes 31. Page 2217.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-06-21** (Not subject to Joint Rule 61 deadline pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2).
- **2007-06-21** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2007-06-28** Referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Economic Development. `referral-committee`
- **2007-07-10** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 6. Noes 3.) . `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2007-07-11** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2007-07-23** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2007-08-20** 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 7.) . `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 24. Noes 15. Page 2394.) `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 49. Noes 29. Page 3150.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2007-09-18** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2007-10-10** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2007-10-10** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 398, Statutes of 2007.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b16abcfb-81e2-44dd-b0cc-9e3778c1ec04`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).