---
type: "Bill"
title: "Crime prevention."
description: "Crime prevention."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 2126"
citation: "California AB 2126 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crime prevention."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dutton"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 17
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2004-02-18"
last_action: "2004-06-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cad19ce8-9364-4b38-931a-e9edd593c050"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2126"
source_hash: "88fd2461747c64dfc709591d3441237f6aa8a080ebc596a8ad341e18b6e8b916"
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 2126 (20032004) — Crime prevention.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/18/04 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2126&version=20030AB212699INT)
2. **05/27/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2126&version=20030AB212698AMD)
3. **06/25/04 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2126&version=20030AB212696CHP)
4. **AB2126** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2126)
5. **06/17/04 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2126&version=20030AB212697ENR)

## Votes

- ab 2126 dutton consent calendar second day regular session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- special consent cale ab2126 dutton — **pass** (pass) · upper
- do pass, to consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 2126 dutton concurrence in senate amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dutton — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-06-25** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 73, Statutes of 2004.
- **2004-06-24** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2004-06-21** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2:45 p.m.
- **2004-06-17** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 6424.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2004-06-14** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after June 16 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2004-06-14** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 4104.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-06-03** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-06-02** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2004-05-27** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-05-13** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2004-04-16** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2004-04-16** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 5178.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-04-01** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-03-31** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (March 30). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2004-03-01** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2004-02-19** From printer. May be heard in committee March 20.
- **2004-02-18** 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/cad19ce8-9364-4b38-931a-e9edd593c050`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).