republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20072008/ab-937.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Architects: landscape architects."
description: "Architects: landscape architects."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 937"
citation: "California AB 937 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Architects: landscape architects."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Business and Professions"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 25
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2007-02-22"
last_action: "2007-10-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/876b47af-07e7-4e75-8d23-5cafe0ebd8b9"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB937"
source_hash: "c43578c1048f55fb1d872812d3d52e96132306b75dbdd67d9bcb735072fbfc02"
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 937 (20072008) — Architects: landscape architects.

## 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=200720080AB937&version=20070AB93799INT)
2. **04/16/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB937&version=20070AB93798AMD)
3. **06/11/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB937&version=20070AB93797AMD)
4. **07/05/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB937&version=20070AB93796AMD)
5. **10/05/07 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB937&version=20070AB93794CHP)
6. **AB937** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB937)
7. **09/10/07 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB937&version=20070AB93795ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Public Safety. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB937 Committee on B.& P. (Eng) By Correa — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 937 B.& P. Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 937 B.& P. Concurrence in Senate Amendments By ENG — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Committee on Business and Professions — 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.
- **2007-03-12** Referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-16** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, referral-committee`
- **2007-04-17** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-25** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 24). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2007-05-17** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 16). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-05-21** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-05-24** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1628.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-05-24** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2007-06-07** Referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Economic Development and Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2007-06-11** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Economic Development. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2007-06-25** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2007-07-03** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Public Safety (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) . `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2007-07-05** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2007-07-09** Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `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`
- **2007-09-04** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 1. Page 2280.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-09-04** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 6 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2007-09-05** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 2925.)
- **2007-09-05** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2941.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2007-09-14** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2007-10-05** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2007-10-05** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 275, Statutes of 2007.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/876b47af-07e7-4e75-8d23-5cafe0ebd8b9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).