---
type: "Bill"
title: "Incapacity: protective proceedings."
description: "Incapacity: protective proceedings."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 1851"
citation: "California AB 1851 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Incapacity: protective proceedings."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Harman"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 22
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2004-01-29"
last_action: "2004-06-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5063b6f2-db5f-41d9-af63-7914860909fd"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1851"
source_hash: "ef858bb5183b0109a017c93adfb598c91ca5a79b7f8344885808ff7a3eb4c042"
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 1851 (20032004) — Incapacity: protective proceedings.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/29/04 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1851&version=20030AB185199INT)
2. **03/31/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1851&version=20030AB185198AMD)
3. **04/12/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1851&version=20030AB185197AMD)
4. **04/16/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1851&version=20030AB185196AMD)
5. **05/19/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1851&version=20030AB185195AMD)
6. **06/07/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1851&version=20030AB185194AMD)
7. **06/24/04 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1851&version=20030AB185192CHP)
8. **AB1851** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1851)
9. **06/17/04 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1851&version=20030AB185193ENR)

## Votes

- do pass as amended, to consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 1851 harman concurrence in senate amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- consent calendar 2nd ab1851 harman — **pass** (pass) · upper
- do pass as amended. to consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 1851 harman consent calendar second day regular session — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Harman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-06-24** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 67, Statutes of 2004.
- **2004-06-23** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2004-06-21** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2:45 p.m.
- **2004-06-17** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 6421.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2004-06-14** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after June 16 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2004-06-14** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 4103.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-06-07** Read second time, amended, and to Consent Calendar. (Corrected June 8. ) `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-06-03** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2004-05-19** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-05-13** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `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 5285.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-04-19** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-04-16** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-04-15** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. (April 14). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2004-04-12** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Judiciary Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-04-01** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2004-03-31** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Judiciary Read second time and amended. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-03-23** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2004-02-19** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2004-01-30** From printer. May be heard in committee February 29.
- **2004-01-29** 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/5063b6f2-db5f-41d9-af63-7914860909fd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).