---
type: "Bill"
title: "Bail Fugitive Recovery Persons Act."
description: "Bail Fugitive Recovery Persons Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 2238"
citation: "California AB 2238 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Bail Fugitive Recovery Persons Act."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Spitzer"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2004-02-19"
last_action: "2004-07-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a51290b0-3833-4ed9-850a-9f09549c7c20"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2238"
source_hash: "c26acead1077dd49f44a2d899dc4b45815f47f69424823554da775515aa22272"
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 2238 (20032004) — Bail Fugitive Recovery Persons Act.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/19/04 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2238&version=20030AB223899INT)
2. **04/15/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2238&version=20030AB223898AMD)
3. **06/10/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2238&version=20030AB223897AMD)
4. **07/16/04 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2238&version=20030AB223895CHP)
5. **AB2238** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2238)
6. **07/01/04 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2238&version=20030AB223896ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 2238 spitzer concurrence in senate amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- special consent cale ab2238 spitzer by margett — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 2238 spitzer assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Spitzer — primary (person)
- La Malfa — coauthor (person)
- Maze — coauthor (person)
- Samuelian — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-07-16** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 166, Statutes of 2004.
- **2004-07-15** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2004-07-08** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
- **2004-07-01** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 6637.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2004-06-24** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after June 26 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2004-06-24** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 4363.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-06-22** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-06-21** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2004-06-10** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-06-08** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2004-06-03** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2004-05-24** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2004-05-24** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 5929.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-05-20** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 21. Noes 0.) (May 19). Read second time. To third reading. `committee-passage-favorable, reading-2, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-04-21** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2004-04-16** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2004-04-15** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-04-14** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (March 30). `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, committee-passage`
- **2004-03-01** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2004-02-20** From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
- **2004-02-19** 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/a51290b0-3833-4ed9-850a-9f09549c7c20`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).