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California 2007-2008, 3rd Special Session Status: Enacted

AB 8 — State operations.

Last action February 16, 2008 — Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 6, Statutes of 2007-08 Third Extraordinary Session.

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This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 04, 2008. Enacted.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 70% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

How often bills like it became law.

Enacted

Current position in the legislative process.
1 sponsor

1 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.
Cleared a recorded vote

Passed 3 recorded votes so far.

Prognosis reads this bill's own signals — stage, sponsorship breadth, committee status, recorded votes and cross-state momentum. Odds come from a model trained on which bills have become law.

Bill Text

Chaptered 02/16/08 - Chaptered Current pdf February 16, 2008
Enrolled 02/15/08 - Enrolled pdf February 15, 2008
Amended 02/15/08 - Amended Assembly pdf February 15, 2008
Amended 02/07/08 - Amended Assembly pdf February 07, 2008
Introduced 02/04/08 - Introduced pdf February 04, 2008
AB8 View text html

Action History

February 16, 2008
Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 6, Statutes of 2007-08 Third Extraordinary Session.
February 16, 2008
Approved by the Governor.
February 15, 2008
Enrolled and to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
February 15, 2008
In Assembly. To enrollment.
February 15, 2008
Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. (Ayes 34. Noes 5. Page 31.)
February 15, 2008
Read second time.
February 15, 2008
Art. IV, Sec. 8(b) of the Constitution suspended. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 26.)
February 15, 2008
Read first time.
February 15, 2008
In Senate.
February 15, 2008
Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Senate. (Ayes 68. Noes 3. Page 49.)
February 15, 2008
Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.
February 14, 2008
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 24. Noes 0.) (February 14).
February 13, 2008
In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
February 08, 2008
Re-referred to Standing Committee on Budget.
February 07, 2008
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Budget. Read second time and amended.
February 07, 2008
Referred to Standing Committee on Budget.
February 05, 2008
From printer.
February 04, 2008
Read first time. To print.

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 121 not signed on · 1 voted No

Sponsors (1)

Committee on Budget

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (121)

121 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

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Votes

AB8 BUDGET Third Reading Urgency By LAIRD Third Extraordinary Session

February 15, 2008

Passed 73 Yea · 3 Nay · 10 Other

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Unaffiliated	66	2	0	10
Democratic	4	1	0	0
Republican	3	0	0	0
Total	73	3	0	10
% of votes cast	85%	3%	0%	12%

How each member voted (86)

Member	Party	Vote
Emmerson	—	Nay
Eng	—	Yea
Davis	—	Yea
DeSaulnier	—	Yea
DeVore	—	Yea
Fuentes	—	Yea
Galgiani	—	Yea
Carter	—	Yea
Aghazarian	—	Yea
Coto	—	Yea
Duvall	—	Yea
Berg	—	Yea
Berryhill	—	Yea
Evans	—	Yea
Charles	—	Yea
Feuer	—	Yea
Fuller	—	Yea
Furutani	—	Yea
De	—	Yea
La	—	Yea
Torre	—	Yea
De	—	Yea
Leon	—	Yea
Garrick	—	Yea
Hayashi	—	Yea
Gaines	—	Yea
Anderson	—	Yea
Beall	—	Yea
Blakeslee	—	Yea
Horton	—	Yea
Houston	—	Yea
Karnette	—	Yea
Keene	—	Yea
La	—	Yea
Malfa	—	Yea
Lieber	—	Yea
Maze	—	Yea
Parra	—	Yea
Plescia	—	Yea
Portantino	—	Yea
Salas	—	Yea
Saldana	—	Yea
Spitzer	—	Yea
Nunez	—	Yea
Hancock	—	Nay
Dymally	—	Not Voting
Nakanishi	—	Not Voting
Sharon	—	Not Voting
Runner	—	Not Voting
Soto	—	Not Voting
Cook	—	Not Voting
Huff	—	Yea
Huffman	—	Yea
Jeffries	—	Not Voting
Krekorian	—	Yea
Levine	—	Yea
Ma	—	Yea
Mendoza	—	Yea
Mullin	—	Yea
Nava	—	Yea
Ruskin	—	Yea
Silva	—	Yea
Solorio	—	Yea
Torrico	—	Yea
Tran	—	Yea
Walters	—	Yea
Wolk	—	Yea
Adams	—	Yea
Bass	—	Yea
Benoit	—	Not Voting
Brownley	—	Yea
Hernandez	—	Yea
Leno	—	Yea
Lieu	—	Not Voting
Price	—	Not Voting
Smyth	—	Yea
Swanson	—	Yea
Villines	—	Yea
Arambula, Joaquin	Democratic	Yea
Caballero, Anna M.	Democratic	Yea
Calderon, Lisa	Democratic	Yea
Garcia, Robert	Democratic	Nay
Laird, John	Democratic	Yea
Jones, Brian W.	Republican	Yea
Niello, Roger W.	Republican	Yea
Strickland, Tony	Republican	Yea

Official roll call →

W/O REF. TO FILE AB8 Committee on BUDGET (Laird) Urgency Clause

February 15, 2008

Passed 35 Yea · 5 Nay · 1 Other

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Unaffiliated	32	5	0	1
Democratic	3	0	0	0
Total	35	5	0	1
% of votes cast	85%	12%	0%	2%

How each member voted (41)

Member	Party	Vote
Cedillo	—	Yea
Wyland	—	Yea
Correa	—	Yea
Cox	—	Yea
Denham	—	Yea
Dutton	—	Nay
Yee	—	Yea
Florez	—	Yea
Corbett	—	Yea
Ackerman	—	Yea
Ducheny	—	Yea
Harman	—	Yea
Kehoe	—	Yea
Kuehl	—	Yea
Machado	—	Yea
McClintock	—	Yea
Migden	—	Yea
Negrete	—	Yea
Perata	—	Yea
Runner	—	Yea
Scott	—	Yea
Alquist	—	Yea
McLeod	—	Yea
Oropeza	—	Yea
Romero	—	Yea
Steinberg	—	Yea
Vincent	—	Yea
Battin	—	Nay
Margett	—	Nay
Hollingsworth	—	Not Voting
Cogdill	—	Nay
Torlakson	—	Yea
Aanestad	—	Yea
Ashburn	—	Yea
Maldonado	—	Nay
Ridley-Thomas	—	Yea
Simitian	—	Yea
Wiggins	—	Yea
Calderon, Lisa	Democratic	Yea
Lowenthal, Josh	Democratic	Yea
Padilla, Stephen C.	Democratic	Yea

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Do pass as amended.

February 14, 2008

Passed 26 Yea · 0 Nay · 2 Other

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Unaffiliated	22	0	0	2
Democratic	2	0	0	0
Republican	2	0	0	0
Total	26	0	0	2
% of votes cast	93%	0%	0%	7%

How each member voted (28)

Member	Party	Vote
Evans	—	Yea
DeVore	—	Yea
Feuer	—	Yea
Fuller	—	Yea
Hayashi	—	Yea
Berg	—	Yea
Huff	—	Yea
Krekorian	—	Yea
De	—	Yea
La	—	Yea
Torre	—	Yea
Maze	—	Yea
Beall	—	Yea
Duvall	—	Yea
Cook	—	Not Voting
Ruskin	—	Yea
Wolk	—	Yea
Benoit	—	Not Voting
Blakeslee	—	Yea
Brownley	—	Yea
Hernandez	—	Yea
Mullin	—	Yea
Silva	—	Yea
Swanson	—	Yea
Arambula, Joaquin	Democratic	Yea
Laird, John	Democratic	Yea
Jones, Brian W.	Republican	Yea
Niello, Roger W.	Republican	Yea

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Subjects

State operations.

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors AB 8?: AB 8 is sponsored by Committee on Budget.
What is the current status of AB 8?: This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 04, 2008. Enacted.
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At a glance

Identifier: AB 8
Jurisdiction: California
Session: 2007-2008, 3rd Special Session
Type: Bill
Introduced: February 04, 2008
Status: Enacted
Prime sponsor: Committee on Budget

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