---
type: "Bill"
title: "Law enforcement fees."
description: "Law enforcement fees."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 2137"
citation: "California AB 2137 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Law enforcement fees."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Steinberg"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 16
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2004-02-18"
last_action: "2004-08-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9a581c6c-6027-4789-85e7-d2604817fada"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2137"
source_hash: "ad4ec88205221171657f08d66fb4155daeb90674b442aaba4ee6652870e20bbc"
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 2137 (20032004) — Law enforcement fees.

## 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=200320040AB2137&version=20030AB213799INT)
2. **06/22/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2137&version=20030AB213798AMD)
3. **08/30/04 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2137&version=20030AB213796CHP)
4. **AB2137** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2137)
5. **08/12/04 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2137&version=20030AB213797ENR)

## Votes

- do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- assembly 3rd reading ab2137 steinberg by scott — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 2137 steinberg assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 2137 steinberg concurrence in senate amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Steinberg — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-08-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 327, Statutes of 2004.
- **2004-08-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2004-08-16** Enrolled and to the Governor at 5 p.m.
- **2004-08-12** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 68. Noes 6. Page 7020.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2004-07-02** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 4 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2004-07-01** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 27. Noes 6. Page 4524.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-06-22** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-06-21** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2004-05-20** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2004-05-03** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2004-05-03** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 67. Noes 4. Page 5481.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-04-22** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-04-21** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (April 20). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2004-03-11** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `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/9a581c6c-6027-4789-85e7-d2604817fada`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).