---
type: "Bill"
title: "Victims: appearances at parole hearings."
description: "Victims: appearances at parole hearings."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 2"
citation: "California AB 2 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Victims: appearances at parole hearings."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bogh"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 29
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2002-12-02"
last_action: "2004-01-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a222eb5f-61e0-4624-b940-016c9c8e276f"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2"
source_hash: "24f12b58382ee1efa9512e5e5544580dcf3399211f6fbdb86b1696621d7e3d64"
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 2 (20032004) — Victims: appearances at parole hearings.

## Version chain

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

1. **12/02/02 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2&version=20030AB299INT)
2. **01/21/04 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2&version=20030AB293CHP)
3. **01/29/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2&version=20030AB298AMD)
4. **03/05/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2&version=20030AB297AMD)
5. **07/01/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2&version=20030AB296AMD)
6. **08/21/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2&version=20030AB295AMD)
7. **AB2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2)
8. **01/12/04 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2&version=20030AB294ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab2 bogh concurrence- urgency added — **pass** (pass) · lower
- special consent #26 ab2 bogh by battin — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab2 bogh assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bogh — primary (person)
- Bermudez — coauthor (person)
- Cogdill — coauthor (person)
- Koretz — coauthor (person)
- Spitzer — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-01-21** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 1, Statutes of 2004.
- **2004-01-21** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2004-01-13** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2004-01-12** Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 4212.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2004-01-06** From inactive file. To unfinished business file.
- **2004-01-05** Notice of intention to remove from inactive file given by Assembly Member Bogh.
- **2003-09-02** From Special Consent Calendar. To inactive file on motion of Assembly Member Bogh.
- **2003-08-28** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
- **2003-08-27** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2183.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-08-25** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-08-21** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-08-20** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-08-19** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (August 18). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2003-07-14** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2003-07-02** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations pursuant to Joint Rule 10.5. `referral-committee`
- **2003-07-01** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-06-30** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2003-06-10** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2003-03-27** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-17** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2003-03-17** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 71. Noes 0. Page 690.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-03-06** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-03-05** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-03-04** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (February 25). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2003-01-30** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2003-01-29** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Public Safety Read second time and amended. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-01-13** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2002-12-03** From printer. May be heard in committee January 2.
- **2002-12-02** 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/a222eb5f-61e0-4624-b940-016c9c8e276f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).