---
type: "Bill"
title: "Commissions and committees."
description: "Commissions and committees."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 1277"
citation: "California AB 1277 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Commissions and committees."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cohn"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 27
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2003-02-21"
last_action: "2003-10-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/56339682-5c6a-4230-b382-f6c1b8b9878e"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1277"
source_hash: "4d2ed035788d44bf92c3bf5b2b9d5ddc8f3e75d334df5d8471c12ce795cb4d93"
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 1277 (20032004) — Commissions and committees.

## 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=200320040AB1277&version=20030AB127799INT)
2. **07/22/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1277&version=20030AB127798AMD)
3. **09/02/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1277&version=20030AB127797AMD)
4. **09/08/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1277&version=20030AB127796AMD)
5. **10/03/03 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1277&version=20030AB127794CHP)
6. **AB1277** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1277)
7. **09/11/03 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1277&version=20030AB127795ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- placed on appropriations suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- assembly 3rd reading ab1277 cohn by kuehl — **pass** (pass) · upper
- do pass and re-refer to committee on appropriations with recommendation: to consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Rules. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 1277 cohn concurrence in senate amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 1277 cohn assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cohn — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-10-03** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 662, Statutes of 2003.
- **2003-10-02** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2003-09-23** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2003-09-11** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 76. Noes 1. Page 3801.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2003-09-10** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 25. Noes 8. Page 2465.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-09-08** Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-09-02** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-08-29** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2003-08-20** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **2003-08-19** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 2047.)
- **2003-08-18** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2003-07-22** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-07-21** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 7. Noes 0.). `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, committee-passage`
- **2003-07-10** Joint Rule 61(a)(9) suspended. (Page 1731.)
- **2003-06-19** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2003-06-17** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Rules Re-referred. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2003-06-03** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2003-05-29** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-15** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2003-05-15** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 1696.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-05-12** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-05-08** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 24. Noes 0.) (May 7). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2003-04-24** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 22). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2003-03-13** 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/56339682-5c6a-4230-b382-f6c1b8b9878e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).