---
type: "Bill"
title: "California Senior Legislature."
description: "California Senior Legislature."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 1994"
citation: "California AB 1994 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["California Senior Legislature."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Berg"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 26
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2004-02-13"
last_action: "2004-09-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/af1d38af-46d0-4f5e-9b07-f915ff6b044b"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1994"
source_hash: "7ebe804bfd5d207ec9b0e01a4a070a523a2f8641f35d6a5e23f20df195a0ff28"
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 1994 (20032004) — California Senior Legislature.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/13/04 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1994&version=20030AB199499INT)
2. **04/19/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1994&version=20030AB199498AMD)
3. **07/02/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1994&version=20030AB199497AMD)
4. **07/22/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1994&version=20030AB199496AMD)
5. **08/19/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1994&version=20030AB199495AMD)
6. **09/21/04 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1994&version=20030AB199493CHP)
7. **AB1994** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1994)
8. **08/25/04 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1994&version=20030AB199494ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- assembly 3rd reading ab1994 berg by ortiz — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 1994 berg consent calendar second day regular session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- do pass, to consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 1994 berg concurrence in senate amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Berg — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-09-21** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 633, Statutes of 2004.
- **2004-09-21** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2004-09-09** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2004-08-25** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 7721.) Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 76. Noes 1. Page 7769.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2004-08-24** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 26 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2004-08-24** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 26. Noes 10. Page 5287.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-08-23** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-08-19** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-07-22** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-07-21** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 1.). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2004-07-12** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2004-07-07** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2004-07-02** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-06-28** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2004-06-10** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2004-06-02** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2004-05-27** Referred to Standing Committee on Revenue and Taxation. `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 74. Noes 0. Page 5761.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-05-10** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-05-06** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 5). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2004-04-21** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (April 20). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2004-04-20** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Aging and Long Term Care. `referral-committee`
- **2004-04-19** Referred to Standing Committee on Aging and Long Term Care From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Aging and Long Term Care Read second time and amended. Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 5196.). `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-02-17** From printer. May be heard in committee March 18.
- **2004-02-13** 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/af1d38af-46d0-4f5e-9b07-f915ff6b044b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).