---
type: "Bill"
title: "Courts."
description: "Courts."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 1710"
citation: "California AB 1710 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Courts."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Judiciary"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 19
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2003-02-26"
last_action: "2003-09-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/71fc2a8b-202d-428a-96d8-f1d9582ecf22"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1710"
source_hash: "23071df6e1e8f6203119795c0d6283cd66b49bfa18217de64f7b680947338c99"
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 1710 (20032004) — Courts.

## 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=200320040AB1710&version=20030AB171099INT)
2. **06/25/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1710&version=20030AB171098AMD)
3. **07/15/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1710&version=20030AB171097AMD)
4. **09/12/03 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1710&version=20030AB171095CHP)
5. **AB1710** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1710)
6. **08/25/03 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1710&version=20030AB171096ENR)

## Votes

- special consent #20 ab1710 committee on jud. (corbett) — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 1710 asm. jud. consent calendar second day — **pass** (pass) · lower
- do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- do pass, to consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 1710 jud. concurrence in senate amendments by corbett — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Committee on Judiciary — primary (person)
- Parra — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-09-12** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 365, 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.
- **2003-08-25** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 3120.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2003-07-24** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 26 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2003-07-21** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 1912.) `reading-3, 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: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and be amended. `amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2003-06-26** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations pursuant to Joint Rule 10.5. `referral-committee`
- **2003-06-25** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-06-24** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2003-05-08** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-10** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2003-04-10** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 1035.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-04-03** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-04-02** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (April 1). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **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/71fc2a8b-202d-428a-96d8-f1d9582ecf22`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).