---
type: "Bill"
title: "Release of committed persons."
description: "Release of committed persons."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 1504"
citation: "California AB 1504 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Release of committed persons."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Spitzer"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 28
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2003-02-21"
last_action: "2004-09-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/57e75f3b-9bc8-4efc-8023-3240a2fc199d"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1504"
source_hash: "24bdc073adc2e31d43a7c645c90daa37d4898ffb93ebc4ca32a83e6eb11672a7"
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 1504 (20032004) — Release of committed persons.

## 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=200320040AB1504&version=20030AB150499INT)
2. **04/02/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1504&version=20030AB150498AMD)
3. **04/29/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1504&version=20030AB150497AMD)
4. **05/23/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1504&version=20030AB150496AMD)
5. **07/09/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1504&version=20030AB150495AMD)
6. **09/21/04 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1504&version=20030AB150493CHP)
7. **AB1504** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1504)
8. **08/24/04 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1504&version=20030AB150494ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- assembly 3rd reading ab1504 spitzer by ackerman — **pass** (pass) · upper
- placed on appropriations suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- do pass as amended, to consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 1504 spitzer consent calendar second day regular session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 1504 spitzer concurrence in senate amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Spitzer — primary (person)
- Bates — coauthor (person)
- Bermudez — coauthor (person)
- Bogh — coauthor (person)
- Cox — coauthor (person)
- Daucher — coauthor (person)
- Dutton — coauthor (person)
- Harman — coauthor (person)
- Haynes — coauthor (person)
- Johnson — coauthor (person)
- Maddox — coauthor (person)
- Maldonado — coauthor (person)
- Maze — coauthor (person)
- McCarthy — coauthor (person)
- Oller — coauthor (person)
- Pacheco — coauthor (person)
- Runner — coauthor (person)
- Shirley Horton — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-09-21** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 628, Statutes of 2004.
- **2004-09-21** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2004-08-30** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
- **2004-08-24** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 7549.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2004-08-19** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 21 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2004-08-19** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 5104.) `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`
- **2003-08-29** In committee: Set, first hearing. Held under submission.
- **2003-08-18** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **2003-07-09** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-07-08** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 4. Noes 0.). `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, committee-passage`
- **2003-06-19** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **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 1988.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-05-27** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-05-23** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-05-22** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. (May 21). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, 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, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 22). `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, committee-passage`
- **2003-04-03** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-02** 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`
- **2003-03-10** 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/57e75f3b-9bc8-4efc-8023-3240a2fc199d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).