---
type: "Bill"
title: "State mandates: reimbursement."
description: "State mandates: reimbursement."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 2224"
citation: "California AB 2224 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State mandates: reimbursement."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cohn"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2004-02-18"
last_action: "2004-08-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/05ea344e-9d1f-4f63-b4c3-c42a22f270c1"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2224"
source_hash: "454ad2113f6ecdb0faf5b1b7a63fa1b81db1d075415797c5d133b883368889f0"
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 2224 (20032004) — State mandates: reimbursement.

## 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=200320040AB2224&version=20030AB222499INT)
2. **04/16/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2224&version=20030AB222498AMD)
3. **08/25/04 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2224&version=20030AB222496CHP)
4. **AB2224** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2224)
5. **08/10/04 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2224&version=20030AB222497ENR)

## Votes

- special consent cale ab2224 cohn — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- do pass, to consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 2224 cohn consent calendar second day regular session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cohn — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-08-25** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 313, Statutes of 2004.
- **2004-08-25** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2004-08-13** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3:45 p.m.
- **2004-08-10** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2004-08-10** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4857.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-08-09** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-08-05** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2004-07-29** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2004-06-24** 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`
- **2004-06-07** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2004-05-27** Referred to Standing Committee on Local Government. `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 5762.) `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`
- **2004-04-22** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 21). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2004-04-19** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Local Government. `referral-committee`
- **2004-04-16** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Local Government Read second time and amended. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-04-07** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2004-03-01** Referred to Standing Committee on Local Government. `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/05ea344e-9d1f-4f63-b4c3-c42a22f270c1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).