---
type: "Bill"
title: "Trespass."
description: "Trespass."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 1263"
citation: "California AB 1263 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Trespass."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Benoit"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 29
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2003-02-21"
last_action: "2003-09-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6968e4f9-f09e-4868-b232-5f338d96aa72"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1263"
source_hash: "e4a60120deaca33715bf71abe9ba98e484719355f998ddfa51913ea38de4b254"
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 1263 (20032004) — Trespass.

## 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=200320040AB1263&version=20030AB126399INT)
2. **04/09/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1263&version=20030AB126398AMD)
3. **05/08/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1263&version=20030AB126397AMD)
4. **06/04/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1263&version=20030AB126396AMD)
5. **06/27/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1263&version=20030AB126395AMD)
6. **07/21/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1263&version=20030AB126394AMD)
7. **07/24/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1263&version=20030AB126393AMD)
8. **09/12/03 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1263&version=20030AB126391CHP)
9. **AB1263** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1263)
10. **08/28/03 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1263&version=20030AB126392ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 1263 benoit assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- assembly 3rd reading ab1263 benoit by ackerman — **pass** (pass) · upper
- do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 1263 benoit concurrence in senate amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Benoit — primary (person)
- Bates — coauthor (person)
- Cogdill — coauthor (person)
- Cox — coauthor (person)
- Dutton — coauthor (person)
- Haynes — coauthor (person)
- Maze — coauthor (person)
- Mullin — coauthor (person)
- Nakanishi — coauthor (person)
- Pacheco — coauthor (person)
- Samuelian — coauthor (person)
- Strickland — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-09-12** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 361, Statutes of 2003.
- **2003-09-11** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2003-09-08** Enrolled and to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2003-08-28** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 3176.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2003-08-25** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 27 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2003-08-25** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2130.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-07-27** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-07-24** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-07-22** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-07-21** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-07-15** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-07-14** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2003-06-27** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-06-26** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 5. Noes 0.). `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, committee-passage`
- **2003-06-12** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2003-06-09** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2003-06-05** Read second time. To third reading. Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 68. Noes 3. Page 2322.) `passage, reading-3, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-06-04** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-06-03** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 24. Noes 0.) (May 28). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2003-05-15** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-12** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-08** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Read second time and amended. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-05-05** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (April 22). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2003-04-10** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-09** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Public Safety Read second time and amended. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-03-06** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `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/6968e4f9-f09e-4868-b232-5f338d96aa72`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).