---
type: "Bill"
title: "Guide dogs."
description: "Guide dogs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 1801"
citation: "California AB 1801 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Guide dogs."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pavley"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 23
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2004-01-12"
last_action: "2004-08-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fe2b9906-c0e9-4bc5-9695-f7d300ea01ec"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1801"
source_hash: "f490b63d55b1b3d9cdcbea8ac922cd8ea5071b967e33cb98b0ced9ac872b5251"
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 1801 (20032004) — Guide dogs.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/12/04 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1801&version=20030AB180199INT)
2. **03/11/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1801&version=20030AB180198AMD)
3. **05/18/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1801&version=20030AB180197AMD)
4. **06/08/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1801&version=20030AB180196AMD)
5. **06/15/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1801&version=20030AB180195AMD)
6. **08/30/04 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1801&version=20030AB180193CHP)
7. **AB1801** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1801)
8. **08/12/04 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1801&version=20030AB180194ENR)

## Votes

- ab 1801 pavley consent calendar second day regular session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- do pass and re-refer to committee on appropriations with recommendation: to consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- special consent cale ab1801 pavley by mcpherson — **pass** (pass) · upper
- do pass, to consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 1801 pavley concurrence in senate amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Pavley — primary (person)
- Corbett — coauthor (person)
- Cox — coauthor (person)
- Jackson — coauthor (person)
- Jerome Horton — coauthor (person)
- Kehoe — coauthor (person)
- Koretz — coauthor (person)
- Kuehl — coauthor (person)
- Levine — coauthor (person)
- Lieber — coauthor (person)
- Longville — coauthor (person)
- Mullin — coauthor (person)
- Wolk — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-08-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 322, Statutes of 2004.
- **2004-08-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2004-08-16** Enrolled and to the Governor at 5 p.m.
- **2004-08-12** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 7026.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2004-07-02** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 4 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2004-07-01** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4542.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-06-28** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-06-24** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2004-06-15** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-06-08** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-06-07** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 5. Noes 0.). `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, committee-passage`
- **2004-05-18** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-05-13** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2004-04-22** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2004-04-22** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 5281.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-04-16** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-04-15** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (April 14). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2004-03-24** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (March 23). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2004-03-15** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety In committee: Hearing postponed by committee. `referral-committee`
- **2004-03-11** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Public Safety Read second time and amended. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-01-29** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2004-01-13** From printer. May be heard in committee February 12.
- **2004-01-12** 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/fe2b9906-c0e9-4bc5-9695-f7d300ea01ec`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).