---
type: "Bill"
title: "Surface mining."
description: "Surface mining."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 1984"
citation: "California AB 1984 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Surface mining."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wolk"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2004-02-12"
last_action: "2004-07-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d6fabb39-0a50-4e88-9ee1-82c72775f27c"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1984"
source_hash: "62e24455a0efc9f7c2736de4b819c63ba1f95e4c40b10f1d9a3942fdd07c4793"
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 1984 (20032004) — Surface mining.

## 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=200320040AB1984&version=20030AB198499INT)
2. **04/12/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1984&version=20030AB198498AMD)
3. **07/16/04 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1984&version=20030AB198496CHP)
4. **AB1984** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1984)
5. **07/01/04 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1984&version=20030AB198497ENR)

## Votes

- assembly 3rd reading ab1984 wolk by machado — **pass** (pass) · upper
- do pass, to consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 1984 wolk consent calendar second day regular session — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Wolk — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-07-16** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 173, Statutes of 2004.
- **2004-07-15** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2004-07-08** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
- **2004-07-02** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2004-07-01** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 28. Noes 1. Page 4526.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-06-22** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-06-21** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2004-06-08** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2004-05-20** Referred to Standing Committee on Natural Resources And Water. `referral-committee`
- **2004-05-10** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2004-05-10** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 5625.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-05-03** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-04-29** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (April 28). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2004-04-13** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 12). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2004-04-12** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Natural Resources Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Natural Resources. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-03-22** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2004-02-26** Referred to Standing Committee on Natural Resources. `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/d6fabb39-0a50-4e88-9ee1-82c72775f27c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).