---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public records."
description: "Public records."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 1179"
citation: "California AB 1179 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public records."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Parra"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 28
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2003-02-21"
last_action: "2004-01-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/48fd19bb-2afc-4ffa-a9fd-3fce3f3ca80e"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1179"
source_hash: "fff108ae8cae715f4000cb26edd305ba77c9d17d8c0af15798202545c65646fc"
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 1179 (20032004) — Public records.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/21/03 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1179&version=20030AB117999INT)
2. **01/22/04 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1179&version=20030AB117992CHP)
3. **05/05/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1179&version=20030AB117998AMD)
4. **06/03/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1179&version=20030AB117997AMD)
5. **07/21/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1179&version=20030AB117996AMD)
6. **08/21/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1179&version=20030AB117995AMD)
7. **08/26/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1179&version=20030AB117994AMD)
8. **AB1179** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1179)
9. **01/12/04 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1179&version=20030AB117993ENR)

## Votes

- ab 1179 parra concurrence- urgency added — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Judiciary. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- special consent #27 ab1179 parra — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 1179 parra assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Parra — primary (person)
- Ashburn — coauthor (person)
- Chesbro — coauthor (person)
- Maze — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-01-22** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 6, Statutes of 2004.
- **2004-01-21** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2004-01-14** Enrolled and to the Governor at 1:30 p.m.
- **2004-01-12** Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 4201.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2003-09-05** Passed on file.
- **2003-08-28** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2003-08-28** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2207.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-08-26** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-08-25** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and be amended. `amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2003-08-21** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-08-20** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2003-07-28** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2003-07-21** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-07-17** Joint Rule 61(a)(9) suspended. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 1861.)
- **2003-07-08** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Judiciary Re-referred. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2003-06-19** Referred to Standing Committee on Veterans Affairs and Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2003-06-05** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2003-06-04** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2207.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-06-03** Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-05-12** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-05-08** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 1.) (May 8). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2003-05-08** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 1519.)
- **2003-05-06** Re-referred to Com. on V. A. `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-05** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on V. A. Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-05-05** Referred to Com. on V. A. `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-24** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2003-02-23** From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
- **2003-02-21** Introduced. To print. `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/48fd19bb-2afc-4ffa-a9fd-3fce3f3ca80e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).