---
type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal law: public officials: threats."
description: "Criminal law: public officials: threats."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 1433"
citation: "California AB 1433 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Criminal law: public officials: threats."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Spitzer"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 28
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2003-02-21"
last_action: "2004-09-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ee1bde83-dd7a-44d3-8e3e-6ea1157acfd0"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1433"
source_hash: "7357ba903fecbf7921562ba56d2bb3cc7d228cda81c7c4a9d8991e908f965746"
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 1433 (20032004) — Criminal law: public officials: threats.

## 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=200320040AB1433&version=20030AB143399INT)
2. **04/08/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1433&version=20030AB143398AMD)
3. **04/29/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1433&version=20030AB143397AMD)
4. **09/14/04 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1433&version=20030AB143395CHP)
5. **AB1433** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1433)
6. **08/18/04 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1433&version=20030AB143396ENR)

## Votes

- do pass, to consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **fail** (fail) · upper
- do pass as amended and re-refer to committee on appropriations with recommendation: to consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 1433 spitzer consent calendar second day regular session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- placed on appropriations suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- special consent cale ab1433 spitzer — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Spitzer — primary (person)
- Aanestad — coauthor (person)
- Aghazarian — coauthor (person)
- Bates — coauthor (person)
- Benoit — coauthor (person)
- Chavez — coauthor (person)
- Cogdill — coauthor (person)
- Cox — coauthor (person)
- Dutton — coauthor (person)
- Harman — coauthor (person)
- Johnson — coauthor (person)
- Maze — coauthor (person)
- Nakanishi — coauthor (person)
- Oller — coauthor (person)
- Pacheco — coauthor (person)
- Strickland — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-09-14** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 512, Statutes of 2004.
- **2004-09-14** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2004-08-27** Enrolled and to the Governor at 1:30 p.m.
- **2004-08-18** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2004-08-18** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 5060.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-08-17** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-08-16** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (August 12). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2004-06-28** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **2004-06-15** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2004-05-27** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2003-07-01** In committee: Set second hearing. Failed passage. Reconsideration granted.
- **2003-06-19** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2003-06-12** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-29** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2003-05-29** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 1987.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-05-23** Ordered returned to Consent Calendar.
- **2003-05-22** From Consent Calendar. To third reading.
- **2003-05-19** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-05-15** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 14). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2003-04-30** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-29** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-04-28** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 22). `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, committee-passage`
- **2003-04-09** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-08** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author. 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/ee1bde83-dd7a-44d3-8e3e-6ea1157acfd0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).