---
type: "Bill"
title: "Elections: procedures and the Democratic Presidential Primary."
description: "Elections: procedures and the Democratic Presidential Primary."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 1679"
citation: "California AB 1679 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Elections: procedures and the Democratic Presidential Primary."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Elections, Redistricting and Constitutional Amendments"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 29
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2003-02-21"
last_action: "2003-10-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3e96c231-4461-4eec-8b66-a55510ae6acd"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1679"
source_hash: "211ae6effc7c857da62bb806264a2dcd63c17953e59172424e6ba6d6ceeeb2e9"
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 1679 (20032004) — Elections: procedures and the Democratic Presidential Primary.

## 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=200320040AB1679&version=20030AB167999INT)
2. **04/08/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1679&version=20030AB167998AMD)
3. **05/05/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1679&version=20030AB167997AMD)
4. **06/25/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1679&version=20030AB167996AMD)
5. **08/29/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1679&version=20030AB167995AMD)
6. **10/11/03 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1679&version=20030AB167993CHP)
7. **AB1679** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1679)
8. **09/09/03 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1679&version=20030AB167994ENR)

## Votes

- ab 1679 e.,r.& c.a. concurrence in senate amendments by longville — **pass** (pass) · lower
- assembly 3rd reading ab1679 committee on e.r.& ca (longville) by perata — **pass** (pass) · upper
- do pass, to consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 1679 e.,r.& c.a. assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- senate amendments be concurred in. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- do pass and be placed on the consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Committee on Elections, Redistricting and Constitutional Amendments — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-10-11** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 810, Statutes of 2003.
- **2003-10-10** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2003-09-19** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11 a.m.
- **2003-09-09** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 3671.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2003-09-08** From committee: With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (September 8). `committee-passage`
- **2003-09-04** Re-referred to Com. on E.,R. & C.A. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. Joint Rule 62(a), file notice waived. (Page 3425.) `referral-committee`
- **2003-09-03** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 5 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
- **2003-09-03** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2310.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-09-02** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-08-29** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-08-28** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-08-27** From inactive file. To second reading.
- **2003-07-07** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. To inactive file on motion of Senator Murray. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-07-03** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2003-06-25** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Elections and Redistricting. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-06-12** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Elections and Redistricting. `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-22** Referred to Standing Committee on Rules. `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-08** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2003-05-08** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 1544.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-05-05** Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-04-28** From Consent Calendar. To third reading.
- **2003-04-24** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-04-23** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (April 22). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2003-04-09** Re-referred to Com. on E.,R. & C.A. `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-08** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on E.,R. & C.A. Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-04-07** Referred to Com. on E.,R. & C.A. `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/3e96c231-4461-4eec-8b66-a55510ae6acd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).