republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20072008/ab-242.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Land use: annexation: housing."
description: "Land use: annexation: housing."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 242"
citation: "California AB 242 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Land use: annexation: housing."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blakeslee"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 28
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2007-02-01"
last_action: "2008-04-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/eaed91a1-1060-45d7-9547-b3dc6ad5a13d"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB242"
source_hash: "e642a7f9cc5c8f6f8c97b637946701aae1f307a51d67ef1429a5c9cd146cae16"
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 242 (20072008) — Land use: annexation: housing.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/01/07 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB242&version=20070AB24299INT)
2. **01/07/08 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB242&version=20070AB24297AMD)
3. **01/10/08 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB242&version=20070AB24296AMD)
4. **01/24/08 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB242&version=20070AB24295AMD)
5. **03/05/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB242&version=20070AB24294AMD)
6. **03/29/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB242&version=20070AB24298AMD)
7. **04/08/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB242&version=20070AB24293AMD)
8. **04/29/08 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB242&version=20070AB24291CHP)
9. **AB242** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB242)
10. **04/22/08 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB242&version=20070AB24292ENR)

## Votes

- AB 242 BLAKESLEE Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Be referred to Committee on Local Government. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Housing and Community Development to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 242 BLAKESLEE Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Be referred to Committee on Housing and Community Development. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent #22 AB242 Blakeslee — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Blakeslee — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-02-01** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2007-02-02** From printer. May be heard in committee March 4.
- **2007-03-29** Referred to Standing Committee on Natural Resources. `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-29** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Natural Resources Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, referral-committee`
- **2007-04-09** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Natural Resources. `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-16** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2008-01-07** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Natural Resources Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, referral-committee`
- **2008-01-07** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Natural Resources. `referral-committee`
- **2008-01-07** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules by unanimous consent. `referral-committee`
- **2008-01-07** From committee: Be re-referred to Standing Committee on Local Governmentand Standing Committee on Housing and Community Development Re-referred. (Ayes 11. Noes 0. Page 3638.) (January 7). `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2008-01-10** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Local Government Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, referral-committee`
- **2008-01-14** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Local Government. `referral-committee`
- **2008-01-17** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Housing and Community Development with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3743.) (January 16). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2008-01-23** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (January 23). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2008-01-24** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage`
- **2008-01-28** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-01-29** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 3861.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-01-30** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2008-02-07** Referred to Standing Committee on Transportation and Housing. `referral-committee`
- **2008-03-05** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Transportation and Housing. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2008-04-07** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 10. Noes 0. Page 3297.) . `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2008-04-08** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage`
- **2008-04-17** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-04-17** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after April 19 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2008-04-21** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 4730.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2008-04-23** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11 a.m.
- **2008-04-29** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2008-04-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 11, Statutes of 2008.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/eaed91a1-1060-45d7-9547-b3dc6ad5a13d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).