---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public beach sanitation."
description: "Public beach sanitation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 1876"
citation: "California AB 1876 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public beach sanitation."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chan"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 24
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2004-02-03"
last_action: "2004-09-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0f45a9bb-b951-4526-af74-12bfb673bc3a"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1876"
source_hash: "cadec12ae2f9f48f0ef4ae7880205951d3f758d10950dc05a37e41d92b956580"
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 1876 (20032004) — Public beach sanitation.

## 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=200320040AB1876&version=20030AB187699INT)
2. **03/18/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1876&version=20030AB187698AMD)
3. **04/27/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1876&version=20030AB187697AMD)
4. **09/23/04 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1876&version=20030AB187695CHP)
5. **AB1876** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1876)
6. **08/19/04 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1876&version=20030AB187696ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · legislature
- assembly 3rd reading ab1876 chan by torlakson — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 1876 chan assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- do pass and be re-referred to the committee on natural resources. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- placed on appropriations suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Chan — primary (person)
- Hancock — coauthor (person)
- Lieber — coauthor (person)
- Mullin — coauthor (person)
- Nakano — coauthor (person)
- Nation — coauthor (person)
- Wiggins — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-09-23** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 709, Statutes of 2004.
- **2004-09-23** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2004-09-01** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2004-08-19** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2004-08-19** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 22. Noes 12. Page 5117.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-08-17** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-08-16** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 3.) (August 12). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2004-06-28** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **2004-06-10** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 8. Noes 2.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2004-06-03** Referred to Com. on H. & H.S. `referral-committee`
- **2004-05-26** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2004-05-25** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 50. Noes 27. Page 5975.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-05-20** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 5.) (May 19). Read second time. To third reading. `committee-passage-favorable, reading-2, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-05-12** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2004-04-28** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2004-04-27** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-04-26** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 7. Noes 3.) (April 19). `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, committee-passage`
- **2004-04-12** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2004-03-25** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Natural Resources Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (March 23). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2004-03-22** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials. `referral-committee`
- **2004-03-18** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials Read second time and amended. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-02-24** Referred to Standing Committee on Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials and Standing Committee on Natural Resources. `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/0f45a9bb-b951-4526-af74-12bfb673bc3a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).