---
type: "Bill"
title: "Conflicts of interest."
description: "Conflicts of interest."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 1208"
citation: "California AB 1208 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Conflicts of interest."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cogdill"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 26
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2003-02-21"
last_action: "2003-10-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5a40bb4b-f1e2-4764-b9b1-4281f8c02c2b"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1208"
source_hash: "308c7aec0e44da9ccf5c2732d0265dca12d85ded1ec539c495676ad3075843e2"
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 1208 (20032004) — Conflicts of interest.

## 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=200320040AB1208&version=20030AB120899INT)
2. **04/22/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1208&version=20030AB120898AMD)
3. **06/11/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1208&version=20030AB120897AMD)
4. **07/10/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1208&version=20030AB120896AMD)
5. **09/08/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1208&version=20030AB120895AMD)
6. **10/11/03 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1208&version=20030AB120893CHP)
7. **AB1208** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1208)
8. **09/11/03 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1208&version=20030AB120894ENR)

## Votes

- ab 1208 cogdill concurrence in senate amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 1208 cogdill assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- assembly 3rd reading ab1208 cogdill by denham — **pass** (pass) · upper
- do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- assembly 3rd reading ab1208 cogdill by aanestad — **pass** (pass) · upper
- do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Rules. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cogdill — primary (person)
- Benoit — coauthor (person)
- Denham — coauthor (person)
- Florez — coauthor (person)
- Houston — coauthor (person)
- Maze — coauthor (person)
- Nakanishi — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-10-11** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 822, Statutes of 2003.
- **2003-10-10** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2003-09-24** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2003-09-11** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 75. Noes 1. Page 3784.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2003-09-10** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2003-09-09** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 30. Noes 6. Page 2431.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-09-08** Action rescinded whereby the bill was read third time, passed, and to Assembly. Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. `passage, amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2003-09-04** In Senate. Held at Desk.
- **2003-09-04** Ordered returned to Senate.
- **2003-07-28** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2003-07-24** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 23. Noes 9. Page 1955.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-07-10** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-07-09** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2003-06-19** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Local Government. `referral-committee`
- **2003-06-11** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-06-10** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Rules (Ayes 7. Noes 3.) (June 10). `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, committee-passage`
- **2003-05-22** Referred to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization. `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-24** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2003-04-24** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 1247.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-04-23** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-04-22** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-04-21** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 9). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2003-03-24** Referred to Standing Committee on Local Government. `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/5a40bb4b-f1e2-4764-b9b1-4281f8c02c2b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).