---
type: "Bill"
title: "Agricultural inspectors."
description: "Agricultural inspectors."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 1896"
citation: "California AB 1896 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Agricultural inspectors."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jerome Horton"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 26
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2004-02-05"
last_action: "2004-09-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/27a44bac-e619-4dbb-b1f1-03e20d2eaa89"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1896"
source_hash: "31815e3b2172d4afc445e0a9070cff36a1583c88204f0b9be8b3894e142e09a2"
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 1896 (20032004) — Agricultural inspectors.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/05/04 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1896&version=20030AB189699INT)
2. **04/22/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1896&version=20030AB189698AMD)
3. **05/11/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1896&version=20030AB189697AMD)
4. **06/21/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1896&version=20030AB189696AMD)
5. **06/24/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1896&version=20030AB189695AMD)
6. **08/23/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1896&version=20030AB189694AMD)
7. **08/25/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1896&version=20030AB189693AMD)
8. **09/21/04 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1896&version=20030AB189691CHP)
9. **AB1896** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1896)
10. **08/27/04 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1896&version=20030AB189692ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 1896 horton,j assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 1896 horton,j concurrence- urgency added — **pass** (pass) · lower
- assembly 3rd reading ab1896 jerome horto by alpert — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jerome Horton — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-09-21** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 631, Statutes of 2004.
- **2004-09-21** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2004-09-15** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2004-08-27** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 7909.) Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 75. Noes 4. Page 7930.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2004-08-26** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 28 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2004-08-26** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. (Ayes 27. Noes 9. Page 5413.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-08-25** Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-08-23** Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-07-02** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-07-01** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 4.). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2004-06-24** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-06-23** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 7. Noes 4.). `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, committee-passage`
- **2004-06-21** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on AGR. & WAT. RES. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-06-15** In committee: Testimony taken. Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2004-05-27** Referred to Com. on AGR. & WAT. RES. `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 52. Noes 23. Page 5747.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-05-12** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-05-11** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-05-10** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 5). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2004-04-26** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2004-04-22** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Read second time and amended. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-04-15** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 14). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2004-03-01** Referred to Standing Committee on Agriculture. `referral-committee`
- **2004-02-06** From printer. May be heard in committee March 7.
- **2004-02-05** 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/27a44bac-e619-4dbb-b1f1-03e20d2eaa89`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).