---
type: "Bill"
title: "The California Pepper Commission."
description: "The California Pepper Commission."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 2257"
citation: "California AB 2257 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["The California Pepper Commission."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Salinas"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2004-02-19"
last_action: "2004-07-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c13009c8-8238-4716-9569-bcc344ba95fd"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2257"
source_hash: "cc0c2cd831e1a5891c675594e5df2d23639db50ec50e93b6906f4d6d673abed9"
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 2257 (20032004) — The California Pepper Commission.

## 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=200320040AB2257&version=20030AB225799INT)
2. **03/22/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2257&version=20030AB225798AMD)
3. **07/16/04 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2257&version=20030AB225796CHP)
4. **AB2257** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2257)
5. **07/02/04 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2257&version=20030AB225797ENR)

## Votes

- 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
- ab 2257 salinas consent calendar second day regular session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- do pass, to consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- assembly 3rd reading ab2257 salinas by florez — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Salinas — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-07-16** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 167, 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.
- **2004-07-06** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2004-07-02** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 27. Noes 1. Page 4561.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-06-30** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-06-29** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2004-06-15** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2004-06-01** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2004-05-13** Referred to Com. on AGR. & WAT. RES. `referral-committee`
- **2004-05-03** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2004-04-29** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 5433.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-04-26** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-04-22** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (April 21). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2004-03-25** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (March 24). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2004-03-23** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Agriculture. `referral-committee`
- **2004-03-22** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Agriculture Read second time and amended. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-03-01** Referred to Standing Committee on Agriculture. `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/c13009c8-8238-4716-9569-bcc344ba95fd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).