---
type: "Bill"
title: "Escrow agents."
description: "Escrow agents."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 1870"
citation: "California AB 1870 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Escrow agents."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Maldonado"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 18
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2004-02-03"
last_action: "2004-07-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d7ff28aa-5475-445d-996e-3c6d2a6262c3"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1870"
source_hash: "00e26f84b796a65d59a43da558bb25394b04288f1641d6815cb7d93d54e847f4"
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 1870 (20032004) — Escrow agents.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/03/04 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1870&version=20030AB187099INT)
2. **06/10/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1870&version=20030AB187098AMD)
3. **07/20/04 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1870&version=20030AB187096CHP)
4. **AB1870** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1870)
5. **07/01/04 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1870&version=20030AB187097ENR)

## Votes

- do pass and be placed on the consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- do pass, to consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 1870 maldonado consent calendar second day regular session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 1870 maldonado concurrence in senate amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- consent calendar 2nd ab1870 maldonado — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Maldonado — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-07-20** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 180, Statutes of 2004.
- **2004-07-19** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2004-07-08** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
- **2004-07-01** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 6637.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2004-06-24** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after June 26 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2004-06-24** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 4360.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-06-22** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-06-21** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2004-06-10** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on B., C. & I. T. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-05-13** Referred to Com. on B., C. & I. T. `referral-committee`
- **2004-05-03** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2004-04-29** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 5431.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-04-26** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-04-22** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (April 21). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2004-04-01** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (March 31). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2004-02-24** Referred to Standing Committee on Banking and Finance. `referral-committee`
- **2004-02-04** From printer. May be heard in committee March 5.
- **2004-02-03** 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/d7ff28aa-5475-445d-996e-3c6d2a6262c3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).