---
type: "Bill"
title: "Desert species: fines."
description: "Desert species: fines."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 2140"
citation: "California AB 2140 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Desert species: fines."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Runner"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 20
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2004-02-18"
last_action: "2004-09-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8efdd893-8573-4b1f-aa12-2c1eef981555"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2140"
source_hash: "aed3598de32615671c5ac128840da8d641dcfd11128f8f3d96e6b3f3f406694a"
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 2140 (20032004) — Desert species: fines.

## 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=200320040AB2140&version=20030AB214099INT)
2. **03/26/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2140&version=20030AB214098AMD)
3. **06/01/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2140&version=20030AB214097AMD)
4. **09/09/04 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2140&version=20030AB214095CHP)
5. **AB2140** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2140)
6. **08/16/04 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2140&version=20030AB214096ENR)

## Votes

- do pass and re-refer to committee on appropriations with recommendation: to consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- do pass, to consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 2140 runner concurrence in senate amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- assembly 3rd reading ab2140 runner by ducheny — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 2140 runner consent calendar second day regular session — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Runner — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-09-09** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 421, Statutes of 2004.
- **2004-09-09** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2004-08-23** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2004-08-16** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 7143.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2004-08-10** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 12 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2004-08-09** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 30. Noes 7. Page 4835.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-06-23** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-06-22** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2004-06-01** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Natural Resources And Water. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **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 5626.) `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`
- **2004-04-14** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 13). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2004-03-30** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Water, Parks and Wildlife. `referral-committee`
- **2004-03-26** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Water, Parks and Wildlife Read second time and amended. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-03-01** Referred to Standing Committee on Water, Parks and Wildlife. `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/8efdd893-8573-4b1f-aa12-2c1eef981555`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).