---
type: "Bill"
title: "Employment."
description: "Employment."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 1719"
citation: "California AB 1719 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Employment."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Labor and Employment"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 26
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2003-02-27"
last_action: "2003-10-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/152471d2-bffe-49f7-985f-ffe378426262"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1719"
source_hash: "f11be3da6431ee515b3bac2ac1a522eb310e30108322b1e3515aaf3f2b94157e"
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 1719 (20032004) — Employment.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/27/03 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1719&version=20030AB171999INT)
2. **04/28/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1719&version=20030AB171998AMD)
3. **07/01/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1719&version=20030AB171997AMD)
4. **07/15/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1719&version=20030AB171996AMD)
5. **09/08/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1719&version=20030AB171995AMD)
6. **10/12/03 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1719&version=20030AB171993CHP)
7. **AB1719** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1719)
8. **09/11/03 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1719&version=20030AB171994ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- assembly 3rd reading ab1719 committee on lab. & emp. (koretz) by alarcon — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 1719 l.& e. assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 1719 l.& e. concurrence in senate amendments by koretz — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Committee on Labor and Employment — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-10-12** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 884, Statutes of 2003.
- **2003-10-12** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2003-09-24** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2003-09-11** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 47. Noes 31. Page 3792.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2003-09-10** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2003-09-09** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 24. Noes 15. Page 2434.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-09-08** Read second time. To third reading. Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-09-04** From inactive file. To second reading.
- **2003-08-27** To inactive file on motion of Senator Alarcon.
- **2003-08-20** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-08-19** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2003-07-15** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-07-14** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 5. Noes 3.). `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, committee-passage`
- **2003-07-01** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Labor and Industrial Relations. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-06-17** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2003-05-29** Referred to Standing Committee on Labor and Industrial Relations. `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 45. Noes 31. Page 1702.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-05-12** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-05-08** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 7.) (May 7). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2003-04-29** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-28** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-04-24** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 6. Noes 2.) (April 23). `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, committee-passage`
- **2003-03-13** Referred to Standing Committee on Labor and Employment. `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-28** From printer. May be heard in committee March 30.
- **2003-02-27** 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/152471d2-bffe-49f7-985f-ffe378426262`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).