---
type: "Bill"
title: "Drinking water: public health goals."
description: "Drinking water: public health goals."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 2342"
citation: "California AB 2342 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Drinking water: public health goals."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jackson"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2004-02-19"
last_action: "2004-09-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/57c5b7a2-8e92-4612-8447-a58476d2a02d"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2342"
source_hash: "c9b20e42df45ae62abb7bd176c8e1353d08946b31fc012588fa439a201c9e095"
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 2342 (20032004) — Drinking water: public health goals.

## 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=200320040AB2342&version=20030AB234299INT)
2. **04/12/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2342&version=20030AB234298AMD)
3. **09/22/04 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2342&version=20030AB234296CHP)
4. **AB2342** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2342)
5. **08/19/04 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2342&version=20030AB234297ENR)

## Votes

- ab 2342 jackson assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- placed on appropriations suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · legislature
- assembly 3rd reading ab2342 jackson by vasconcellos — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Health and Human Services. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jackson — primary (person)
- Chu — coauthor (person)
- Laird — coauthor (person)
- Lieber — coauthor (person)
- Liu — coauthor (person)
- Longville — coauthor (person)
- Vasconcellos — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-09-22** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 678, Statutes of 2004.
- **2004-09-22** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2004-09-02** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2004-08-19** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2004-08-19** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 25. Noes 7. Page 5096.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-08-17** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-08-16** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 2.) (August 12). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2004-06-28** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **2004-06-17** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2004-06-07** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on H. & H.S. Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2004-05-13** Referred to Coms. on ENV. QUAL. and H. & H.S. `referral-committee`
- **2004-04-29** 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 69. Noes 1. Page 5416.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-04-26** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-04-22** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 20. Noes 0.) (April 21). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2004-04-12** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-04-01** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (March 31). `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, committee-passage`
- **2004-03-23** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2004-03-22** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2004-03-04** Referred to Standing Committee on Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials. `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/57c5b7a2-8e92-4612-8447-a58476d2a02d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).