---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Bar of California."
description: "State Bar of California."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 1708"
citation: "California AB 1708 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State Bar of California."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Judiciary"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 23
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2003-02-26"
last_action: "2003-09-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4cd916a2-8f2f-456f-857a-385ca16f458d"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1708"
source_hash: "6581fad78297baacb8f9629ccc0f89b1963678a6a1af65f1a84597bc80c6d828"
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 1708 (20032004) — State Bar of California.

## 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=200320040AB1708&version=20030AB170899INT)
2. **04/29/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1708&version=20030AB170898AMD)
3. **07/02/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1708&version=20030AB170897AMD)
4. **07/15/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1708&version=20030AB170896AMD)
5. **07/23/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1708&version=20030AB170895AMD)
6. **09/08/03 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1708&version=20030AB170893CHP)
7. **AB1708** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1708)
8. **08/28/03 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1708&version=20030AB170894ENR)

## Votes

- ab 1708 jud. assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- assembly 3rd reading ab1708 committee on jud. (corbett) by kuehl — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 1708 jud. concurrence in senate amendments by corbett — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Committee on Judiciary — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-09-08** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 334, Statutes of 2003.
- **2003-09-06** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2003-08-28** Enrolled and to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2003-08-28** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 61. Noes 16. Page 3217.) `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.
- **2003-08-25** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 28. Noes 8. Page 2130.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-07-24** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-07-23** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-07-15** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-07-14** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, 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 Judiciary. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-06-27** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2003-05-22** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-13** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2003-05-12** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 55. Noes 19. Page 1622.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-05-08** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-05-07** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (May 6). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2003-04-30** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-29** 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`
- **2003-04-01** 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/4cd916a2-8f2f-456f-857a-385ca16f458d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).