---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public records."
description: "Public records."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 1933"
citation: "California AB 1933 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public records."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pacheco"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 21
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2004-02-10"
last_action: "2004-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/05e8285b-dc7e-4ff4-aa90-24d0318fd855"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1933"
source_hash: "9e4ce4766a3bfefc2c46a01e100d00af9c7a588eca475ba029b812144f642cd1"
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 1933 (20032004) — Public records.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/10/04 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1933&version=20030AB193399INT)
2. **04/28/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1933&version=20030AB193398AMD)
3. **06/16/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1933&version=20030AB193397AMD)
4. **06/29/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1933&version=20030AB193396AMD)
5. **08/11/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1933&version=20030AB193395AMD)
6. **09/30/04 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1933&version=20030AB193393CHP)
7. **AB1933** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1933)
8. **08/18/04 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1933&version=20030AB193394ENR)

## Votes

- ab 1933 pacheco concurrence in senate amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- assembly 3rd reading ab1933 pacheco by mcclintock — **pass** (pass) · upper
- do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 1933 pacheco assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Pacheco — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 937, Statutes of 2004.
- **2004-09-29** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2004-08-27** Enrolled and to the Governor at 1:30 p.m.
- **2004-08-18** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 7301.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2004-08-16** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 18 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2004-08-16** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 4956.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-08-12** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-08-11** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-06-29** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-06-28** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, 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 Judiciary. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-05-27** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2004-05-20** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2004-05-20** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 65. Noes 8. Page 5812.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-05-04** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-05-03** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 4.) (May 3). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2004-04-29** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization. `referral-committee`
- **2004-04-28** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization Read second time and amended. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-02-26** Referred to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization. `referral-committee`
- **2004-02-11** From printer. May be heard in committee March 12.
- **2004-02-10** 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/05e8285b-dc7e-4ff4-aa90-24d0318fd855`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).