---
type: "Bill"
title: "Elections: voter registration."
description: "Elections: voter registration."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 1689"
citation: "California AB 1689 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Elections: voter registration."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Levine"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2003-02-21"
last_action: "2003-09-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3d44bc9b-ba5b-48c5-a9fc-7f3a2cde165c"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1689"
source_hash: "29de48e73de17d80a4e2873b3e4ff5b182d9b995b60fb4ae206d12d1f0c499b5"
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 1689 (20032004) — Elections: voter registration.

## 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=200320040AB1689&version=20030AB168999INT)
2. **09/12/03 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1689&version=20030AB168997CHP)
3. **AB1689** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1689)
4. **08/27/03 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1689&version=20030AB168998ENR)

## Votes

- assembly 3rd reading ab1689 levine by perata — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 1689 levine assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Levine — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-09-12** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 364, Statutes of 2003.
- **2003-09-11** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2003-09-02** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3:15 p.m.
- **2003-08-28** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2003-08-27** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 22. Noes 15. Page 2176.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-07-15** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-07-14** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2003-07-03** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 3. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2003-06-18** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2003-05-08** Referred to Standing Committee on Elections and Redistricting. `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-24** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2003-04-24** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 46. Noes 30. Page 1242.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-04-21** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-04-10** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 7.) (April 9). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2003-04-02** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 4. Noes 2.) (April 1). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2003-03-10** 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/3d44bc9b-ba5b-48c5-a9fc-7f3a2cde165c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).