republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20092010-special-session-3/ab-7.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "State funds: registered warrants."
description: "Existing law provides that whenever the Controller draws a warrant upon the Treasurer payable out of the General Fund in an amount in excess of the balance remaining in the unapplied money in the General Fund, as specified, the Controller shall upon the same day present it to the Treasurer who shall endorse it in accordance with certain procedures, thereby creating registered warrants. The Controller, with the approval of the Pooled Money Investment Board, is authorized to fix a maturity date for registered warrants."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20092010 Special Session 3"
identifier: "AB 7"
citation: "California AB 7 (20092010 Special Session 3)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State funds: registered warrants."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Evans"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 27
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2009-01-05"
last_action: "2009-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e6cf4bf8-3bd4-4b12-9ee4-7d18cbf8407e"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920103AB7"
source_hash: "d3db85eb5a417366657d59508636bf16d46f14fce4af949473b04d9b6c8f88ef"
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 (20092010 Special Session 3) — State funds: registered warrants.

Existing law provides that whenever the Controller draws a warrant upon the Treasurer payable out of the General Fund in an amount in excess of the balance remaining in the unapplied money in the General Fund, as specified, the Controller shall upon the same day present it to the Treasurer who shall endorse it in accordance with certain procedures, thereby creating registered warrants. The Controller, with the approval of the Pooled Money Investment Board, is authorized to fix a maturity date for registered warrants.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/05/09 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920103AB7&version=20093AB799INT)
2. **01/07/09 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920103AB7&version=20093AB798AMD)
3. **02/14/09 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920103AB7&version=20093AB797AMD)
4. **07/01/09 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920103AB7&version=20093AB796AMD)
5. **07/01/09 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920103AB7&version=20093AB794CHP)
6. **AB7** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920103AB7)
7. **07/02/09 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920103AB7&version=20093AB795ENR)

## Votes

- AB7 EVANS Concurrence- Urgency Added Third Extraordinary Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB7 Evans — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB7 EVANS Assembly Third Reading Third Extraordinary Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB7 Evans Urgency Clause — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Evans — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-01-05** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2009-01-06** From printer.
- **2009-01-07** Referred to Com. on RULES. `referral-committee`
- **2009-01-07** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on RULES. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2009-01-08** Re-referred to Com. on RULES. `referral-committee`
- **2009-01-12** Withdrawn from committee. Ordered placed on third reading file.
- **2009-01-12** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 48. Noes 0. Page 32.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2009-01-12** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2009-01-26** Withdrawn from committee. Ordered placed on second reading file.
- **2009-01-26** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-02-14** Senate Rule 29.3 suspended.
- **2009-02-14** (Ayes 23. Noes 13. Page 24.)
- **2009-02-14** Re-referred to Com. on B. & F.R. `referral-committee`
- **2009-02-14** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 23. Noes 13. Page 57.) (February 14). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2009-02-14** Ordered returned to third reading.
- **2009-02-14** Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. (Page 27.). `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2009-02-15** Read third time. Urgency clause refused adoption. (Ayes 24. Noes 14. Page 47.) `reading-3, reading-1`
- **2009-02-15** Motion to reconsider made by Senator Florez.
- **2009-02-15** Reconsideration granted. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 47.)
- **2009-07-01** Read third time and amended. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2009-07-01** Joint Rule 10.5 suspended.
- **2009-07-01** Senate Rule 29.3 suspended.
- **2009-07-01** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 206.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2009-07-01** In Assembly. Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-07-01** Enrolled and to the Governor at 5:45 p.m.
- **2009-07-01** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2009-07-01** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 26, Statutes of 2009-10 Third Extraordinary Session.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e6cf4bf8-3bd4-4b12-9ee4-7d18cbf8407e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).