---
type: "Bill"
title: "Child pornography."
description: "Child pornography."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 1499"
citation: "California AB 1499 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Child pornography."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Liu"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 25
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2003-02-21"
last_action: "2004-09-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/96bf1979-5e7a-4bf6-ad26-dce5cef2c7f4"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1499"
source_hash: "16abd60244cbb696b78607b62cd1ea24646fa9aa1bc4501f7dce276e8108e46c"
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 1499 (20032004) — Child pornography.

## 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=200320040AB1499&version=20030AB149999INT)
2. **03/25/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1499&version=20030AB149997AMD)
3. **04/02/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1499&version=20030AB149998AMD)
4. **09/24/04 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1499&version=20030AB149995CHP)
5. **AB1499** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1499)
6. **08/17/04 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1499&version=20030AB149996ENR)

## Votes

- assembly 3rd reading ab1499 liu by mcpherson — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 1499 liu assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 1499 liu concurrence in senate amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **fail** (fail) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **fail** (fail) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- senate amendments be concurred in. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Liu — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-09-24** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 751, Statutes of 2004.
- **2004-09-24** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2004-08-23** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2004-08-17** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 7234.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2004-08-16** From committee: With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (August 12). `committee-passage`
- **2004-08-12** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended.
- **2004-08-09** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee`
- **2004-08-05** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 7 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2004-08-05** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 32. Noes 0. Page 4782.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-06-23** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-06-22** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2004-03-25** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-07-08** In committee: Set, second hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2003-06-17** In committee: Set first hearing. Failed passage. Reconsideration granted.
- **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** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 24. Noes 0.) (May 28). Read second time. To third reading. Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 1978.) `passage, committee-passage-favorable, reading-3, reading-2, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-04-30** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-21** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (April 8). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2003-04-03** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-02** In committee: Set first hearing. Failed passage. Reconsideration granted. 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/96bf1979-5e7a-4bf6-ad26-dce5cef2c7f4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).