---
type: "Bill"
title: "Retail food facilities: mobile units."
description: "Retail food facilities: mobile units."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 1738"
citation: "California AB 1738 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Retail food facilities: mobile units."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Health"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 23
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2003-03-11"
last_action: "2003-09-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b3fcde52-c9b9-4513-8873-06363729712e"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1738"
source_hash: "1659ff2a5bcc67667d2de3dff098bc294afe214e75fd73e100664e443714afea"
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 1738 (20032004) — Retail food facilities: mobile units.

## Version chain

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

1. **03/11/03 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1738&version=20030AB173899INT)
2. **04/21/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1738&version=20030AB173898AMD)
3. **08/25/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1738&version=20030AB173897AMD)
4. **09/22/03 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1738&version=20030AB173895CHP)
5. **AB1738** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1738)
6. **09/02/03 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1738&version=20030AB173896ENR)

## Votes

- do pass, to consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- do pass and re-refer to committee on appropriations with recommendation: to consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 1738 health special consent calendar 2nd day regular session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 1738 health consent calendar second day regular session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- special consent #27 ab1738 committee on health (frommer) by scott — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **pass** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Committee on Health — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-09-22** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 453, Statutes of 2003.
- **2003-09-20** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2003-09-08** Enrolled and to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2003-09-02** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 3336.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2003-08-28** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
- **2003-08-28** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2208.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-08-26** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-08-25** From inactive file. To second reading. Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-07-03** To inactive file on motion of Senator Scott.
- **2003-07-01** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-06-30** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2003-06-12** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2003-05-29** Referred to Com. on H. & H.S. `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 76. Noes 0. Page 1714.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-05-12** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-05-08** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 7). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2003-04-23** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 24. Noes 0.) (April 22). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2003-04-22** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Health. `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-21** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Health. Read second time and amended. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-03-20** Referred to Standing Committee on Health. `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-12** From printer. May be heard in committee April 11.
- **2003-03-11** 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/b3fcde52-c9b9-4513-8873-06363729712e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).