---
type: "Bill"
title: "Court emergencies."
description: "Court emergencies."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 1641"
citation: "California AB 1641 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Court emergencies."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Keene"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 26
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2003-02-21"
last_action: "2003-09-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4249fa09-a8f9-4eae-86e1-47e61488a2c1"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1641"
source_hash: "d8e2c1d52c3f3c0e0545fd70906fea516fb0f656351cf19642d7d97c9047c991"
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 1641 (20032004) — Court emergencies.

## 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=200320040AB1641&version=20030AB164199INT)
2. **04/24/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1641&version=20030AB164198AMD)
3. **06/19/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1641&version=20030AB164197AMD)
4. **07/07/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1641&version=20030AB164196AMD)
5. **07/16/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1641&version=20030AB164195AMD)
6. **09/04/03 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1641&version=20030AB164193CHP)
7. **AB1641** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1641)
8. **08/21/03 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1641&version=20030AB164194ENR)

## Votes

- ab 1641 keene concurrence- urgency added — **pass** (pass) · lower
- special consent #21 ab1641 keene — **pass** (pass) · upper
- do pass and re-refer to committee on appropriations with recommendation: to consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- consent calendar 2nd ab1641 keene — **pass** (pass) · upper
- do pass as amended. to consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 1641 keene assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Keene — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-09-04** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 293, Statutes of 2003.
- **2003-09-03** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2003-08-26** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
- **2003-08-21** Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 3076.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2003-07-28** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2003-07-24** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1963.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-07-17** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-07-16** Action rescinded whereby urgency clause was adopted, bill read third time, passed, and to Assembly. Read third time, amended. To second reading. `passage, amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2003-07-14** In Senate. Held at Desk.
- **2003-07-14** Ordered returned to Senate.
- **2003-07-10** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 12 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2003-07-10** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 1740.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-07-07** Read second time, amended, and to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-07-03** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2003-06-19** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-06-05** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `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 78. Noes 0. Page 1848.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-05-20** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-05-19** Withdrawn from committee. Ordered placed on second reading file.
- **2003-05-07** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (May 6). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2003-04-28** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-24** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Judiciary Read second time and amended. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **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/4249fa09-a8f9-4eae-86e1-47e61488a2c1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).