---
type: "Bill"
title: "Budget Act of 2002."
description: "Budget Act of 2002."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 1746"
citation: "California AB 1746 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Budget Act of 2002."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Budget"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 19
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2003-03-11"
last_action: "2003-07-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ef0436c0-4de6-4416-ba2c-8d5968538176"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1746"
source_hash: "17436ac23103b799af1d92ff2c914093ad262ad87be2ee912dca23207f55f697"
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 1746 (20032004) — Budget Act of 2002.

## 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=200320040AB1746&version=20030AB174699INT)
2. **04/28/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1746&version=20030AB174698AMD)
3. **05/29/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1746&version=20030AB174697AMD)
4. **06/26/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1746&version=20030AB174696AMD)
5. **07/08/03 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1746&version=20030AB174694CHP)
6. **AB1746** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1746)
7. **07/03/03 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1746&version=20030AB174695ENR)

## Votes

- assembly 3rd reading ab1746 committee on budget (oropeza) — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 1746 budget concurrence in senate amendments by oropeza — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 1746 budget assembly third reading by oropeza — **pass** (pass) · lower
- do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 1746 budget assembly third reading by oropeza amend by strickland set #1 lay on the table — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Committee on Budget — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-07-08** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 43, Statutes of 2003.
- **2003-07-08** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2003-07-03** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11 a.m.
- **2003-07-03** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 65. Noes 5. Page 2643.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2003-06-30** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 2 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2003-06-30** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 27. Noes 1. Page 1558.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-06-26** Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-06-18** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-06-17** Withdrawn from committee. Ordered placed on second reading file.
- **2003-06-04** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2003-06-03** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 47. Noes 0. Page 2146.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-06-02** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-05-29** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-05-28** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 19. Noes 10.) (May 27). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2003-04-29** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Budget. `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-28** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 1293.) From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Budget. Read second time and amended. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-03-20** Referred to Standing Committee on Budget. `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/ef0436c0-4de6-4416-ba2c-8d5968538176`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).