---
type: "Bill"
title: "Privacy: personal information."
description: "Privacy: personal information."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 1950"
citation: "California AB 1950 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Privacy: personal information."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wiggins"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 21
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2004-02-11"
last_action: "2004-09-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/97e1a7d9-5ba1-4615-95cb-a523ff582537"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1950"
source_hash: "c0b82e38dfe0fdb7010730e12f5f79602052c7569cf9cad36b0b5314c8ac21df"
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 1950 (20032004) — Privacy: personal information.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/11/04 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1950&version=20030AB195099INT)
2. **03/18/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1950&version=20030AB195098AMD)
3. **05/25/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1950&version=20030AB195097AMD)
4. **07/06/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1950&version=20030AB195096AMD)
5. **08/16/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1950&version=20030AB195095AMD)
6. **09/29/04 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1950&version=20030AB195093CHP)
7. **AB1950** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1950)
8. **08/25/04 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1950&version=20030AB195094ENR)

## Votes

- ab 1950 wiggins assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- assembly 3rd reading ab1950 wiggins by figueroa — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 1950 wiggins concurrence in senate amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Wiggins — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-09-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 877, Statutes of 2004.
- **2004-09-29** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2004-09-07** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
- **2004-08-25** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 53. Noes 26. Page 7716.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2004-08-23** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 25 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2004-08-23** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 21. Noes 13. Page 5209.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-08-17** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-08-16** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-07-06** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-07-02** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2004-06-09** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2004-05-28** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2004-05-27** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 69. Noes 3. Page 6166.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-05-25** Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-03-25** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-03-24** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (May 23). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2004-03-22** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2004-03-18** 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`
- **2004-03-08** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2004-02-12** From printer. May be heard in committee March 13.
- **2004-02-11** 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/97e1a7d9-5ba1-4615-95cb-a523ff582537`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).