Shortly after the newly elected Assembly was sworn in, Leno resubmitted a similar bill on December 4, 2006. "AB 43" was passed by the Legislature in early September 2007, giving the Governor until October 14, 2007, to either sign or veto the bill. Schwarzenegger had stated months before that he would veto "AB 43" on the grounds that the issue at hand had already been voted on by California by way of Proposition 22. The Governor followed through on his statement and on October 12, 2007, he vetoed "AB 43". Schwarzenegger wrote in his veto statement that to solve the issue of gender-neutral marriage, the California Supreme Court needed to finish its rule on the challenge which had been made to Proposition 22.