---
type: "Bill"
title: "Air pollution: marine terminals."
description: "Air pollution: marine terminals."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 1971"
citation: "California AB 1971 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Air pollution: marine terminals."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lowenthal"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 23
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2004-02-12"
last_action: "2004-09-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/98b6c546-30fc-4274-8f1e-b323555d631d"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1971"
source_hash: "056e6f943e2ce8b232bed5d8e75acd2d045b522f04ceb3236b997574b7c03a36"
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 1971 (20032004) — Air pollution: marine terminals.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/12/04 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1971&version=20030AB197199INT)
2. **03/15/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1971&version=20030AB197198AMD)
3. **07/12/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1971&version=20030AB197197AMD)
4. **09/18/04 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1971&version=20030AB197195CHP)
5. **AB1971** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1971)
6. **08/18/04 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1971&version=20030AB197196ENR)

## Votes

- do pass and re-refer to committee on appropriations with recommendation: to consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- do pass, but re-refer to the committee on environmental quality. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- do pass, to consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 1971 lowenthal consent calendar second day regular session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 1971 lowenthal concurrence in senate amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- assembly 3rd reading ab1971 lowenthal by torlakson — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Lowenthal — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-09-18** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 580, Statutes of 2004.
- **2004-09-18** 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 78. Noes 0. Page 7302.) `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 27. Noes 2. Page 4955.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-08-09** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-08-05** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2004-07-29** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2004-07-12** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-07-08** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.). `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, committee-passage`
- **2004-06-16** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on ENV. QUAL. Re-referred. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2004-05-13** Referred to Standing Committee on Transportation and ENV. QUAL. `referral-committee`
- **2004-04-22** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2004-04-22** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 5282.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-04-16** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-04-15** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (April 14). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2004-03-24** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (March 22). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2004-03-18** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **2004-03-15** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Transportation Read second time and amended. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-03-01** Referred to Standing Committee on Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **2004-02-13** From printer. May be heard in committee March 14.
- **2004-02-12** 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/98b6c546-30fc-4274-8f1e-b323555d631d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).