---
type: "Bill"
title: "Closed sessions: state audits."
description: "Closed sessions: state audits."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 1827"
citation: "California AB 1827 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Closed sessions: state audits."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cohn"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 24
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2004-01-20"
last_action: "2004-09-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7f0abfd1-773e-475a-b43f-cb4b5dd661d2"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1827"
source_hash: "46f7ef1accd9868679bd0fd6ff78253708c5460d34ac27d8aa71236d3351bec3"
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 1827 (20032004) — Closed sessions: state audits.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/20/04 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1827&version=20030AB182799INT)
2. **03/15/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1827&version=20030AB182798AMD)
3. **05/04/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1827&version=20030AB182797AMD)
4. **06/16/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1827&version=20030AB182796AMD)
5. **07/12/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1827&version=20030AB182795AMD)
6. **09/18/04 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1827&version=20030AB182793CHP)
7. **AB1827** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1827)
8. **08/17/04 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1827&version=20030AB182794ENR)

## Votes

- assembly 3rd reading ab1827 cohn by speier — **pass** (pass) · upper
- do pass, but re-refer to the committee on local government recommend consent. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 1827 cohn concurrence in senate amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 1827 cohn assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- do pass and be re-referred to the committee on governmental organization. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cohn — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-09-18** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 576, Statutes of 2004.
- **2004-09-18** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2004-08-25** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2004-08-17** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 73. Noes 7. Page 7223.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2004-08-10** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 12 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2004-08-09** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 32. Noes 4. Page 4843.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-07-13** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-07-12** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-06-28** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-06-24** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2004-06-16** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Local Government. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-06-15** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Local Government with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2004-05-27** Referred to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization and Standing Committee on Local Government. `referral-committee`
- **2004-05-18** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2004-05-17** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 70. Noes 7. Page 5721.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-05-05** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-05-04** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-05-03** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 18. Noes 2.) (May 3). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2004-03-24** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization Re-referred. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (March 24). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2004-03-18** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Local Government. `referral-committee`
- **2004-03-15** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Local Government Read second time and amended. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-02-05** Referred to Standing Committee on Local Government and Standing Committee on Governmental Organization. `referral-committee`
- **2004-01-21** From printer. May be heard in committee February 20.
- **2004-01-20** 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/7f0abfd1-773e-475a-b43f-cb4b5dd661d2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).