---
type: "Bill"
title: "Water heaters: earthquakes."
description: "Water heaters: earthquakes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 1576"
citation: "California AB 1576 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Water heaters: earthquakes."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Liu"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 25
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2003-02-21"
last_action: "2003-09-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c4527e6a-475d-4d5e-b671-a025f1ef1723"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1576"
source_hash: "c498696d33f1dffc5f807691cf1d95fe46a563b9ca139989b5cb7186afe70d59"
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 1576 (20032004) — Water heaters: earthquakes.

## 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=200320040AB1576&version=20030AB157699INT)
2. **04/23/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1576&version=20030AB157698AMD)
3. **07/02/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1576&version=20030AB157697AMD)
4. **08/18/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1576&version=20030AB157696AMD)
5. **08/20/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1576&version=20030AB157695AMD)
6. **09/29/03 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1576&version=20030AB157693CHP)
7. **AB1576** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1576)
8. **09/03/03 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1576&version=20030AB157694ENR)

## Votes

- ab 1576 liu concurrence in senate amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 1576 liu assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- assembly 3rd reading ab1576 liu by alarcon — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Liu — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-09-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 581, Statutes of 2003.
- **2003-09-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2003-09-08** Enrolled and to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2003-09-03** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 72. Noes 5. Page 3351.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2003-08-28** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2003-08-28** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 23. Noes 13. Page 2200.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-08-21** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-08-20** Read second time. To third reading. Read third time, amended. To second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-08-19** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2003-08-18** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-07-10** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 6. Noes 2.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2003-07-02** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Housing and Community Development. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-06-25** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2003-06-05** Referred to Standing Committee on Housing and Community Development. `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-23** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2003-05-22** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 48. Noes 26. Page 1836.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-05-19** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-05-15** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 7.) (May 14). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2003-04-30** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 6. Noes 2.) (April 30). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2003-04-24** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Housing and Community Development. `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-23** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Housing and Community Development Read second time and amended. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-03-24** Referred to Standing Committee on Housing and Community Development. `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/c4527e6a-475d-4d5e-b671-a025f1ef1723`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).