---
type: "Bill"
title: "Trustees: distributions: liability."
description: "Trustees: distributions: liability."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 1705"
citation: "California AB 1705 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Trustees: distributions: liability."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Judiciary"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2003-02-26"
last_action: "2003-09-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/34d31003-c148-4e68-b701-057c3ce6b5c2"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1705"
source_hash: "f1cfbb03c789541b686b1f8be4cfbaff9a88b0b14935cc7a8ba73311235ade2a"
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 1705 (20032004) — Trustees: distributions: liability.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **02/26/03 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1705&version=20030AB170599INT)
2. **04/30/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1705&version=20030AB170598AMD)
3. **06/26/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1705&version=20030AB170597AMD)
4. **09/29/03 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1705&version=20030AB170595CHP)
5. **AB1705** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1705)
6. **08/28/03 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1705&version=20030AB170596ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 1705 jud. assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 1705 jud. concurrence in senate amendments by corbett — **pass** (pass) · lower
- do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- assembly 3rd reading ab1705 committee on jud. (corbett) by escutia — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Committee on Judiciary — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-09-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 585, Statutes of 2003.
- **2003-09-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2003-09-05** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2003-08-28** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 3207.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2003-08-25** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 27 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2003-08-21** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 4. Page 2088.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-07-03** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-07-02** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2003-06-26** 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`
- **2003-06-19** In committee: Set, second hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2003-06-10** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2003-05-29** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-15** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2003-05-15** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 47. Noes 28. Page 1705.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-05-01** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-04-30** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-04-29** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 10. Noes 3.) (April 22). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2003-04-01** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2003-03-06** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-27** From printer. May be heard in committee March 29.
- **2003-02-26** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/34d31003-c148-4e68-b701-057c3ce6b5c2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).