---
type: "Bill"
title: "Buildings and housing."
description: "Buildings and housing."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 1731"
citation: "California AB 1731 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Buildings and housing."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Housing and Community Development"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 23
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2003-03-05"
last_action: "2003-09-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f2493ae9-c5e4-471c-9ad0-2cb3bfecff4d"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1731"
source_hash: "722b266fac929da63d0fa5d2c5253a50095ece89d06d28f8ba94878fd6cb5438"
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 1731 (20032004) — Buildings and housing.

## Version chain

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

1. **03/05/03 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1731&version=20030AB173199INT)
2. **05/08/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1731&version=20030AB173198AMD)
3. **07/02/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1731&version=20030AB173197AMD)
4. **08/29/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1731&version=20030AB173196AMD)
5. **09/25/03 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1731&version=20030AB173194CHP)
6. **AB1731** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1731)
7. **09/05/03 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1731&version=20030AB173195ENR)

## Votes

- ab 1731 h.& c.d. consent calendar second day regular session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- assembly 3rd reading ab1731 committee on h. & c.d.(lowenthal) by ducheny — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 1731 h.& c.d. special consent calendar 2nd day regular session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- do pass and re-refer to committee on appropriations with recommendation: to consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- do pass, to consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Committee on Housing and Community Development — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-09-25** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 504, Statutes of 2003.
- **2003-09-24** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2003-09-16** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11 a.m.
- **2003-09-05** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 3496.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2003-09-03** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 5 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
- **2003-09-03** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2310.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-09-02** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-08-29** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **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`
- **2003-07-02** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-07-01** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.). `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, committee-passage`
- **2003-06-05** Referred to Standing Committee on Housing and Community Development. `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-23** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2003-05-22** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 1858.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-05-19** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-05-15** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 14). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2003-05-12** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-08** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Read second time and amended. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-04-30** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 30). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2003-04-01** Referred to Standing Committee on Housing and Community Development. `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-06** From printer. May be heard in committee April 5.
- **2003-03-05** 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/f2493ae9-c5e4-471c-9ad0-2cb3bfecff4d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).