---
type: "Bill"
title: "Attorney's fees."
description: "Attorney's fees."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 2347"
citation: "California AB 2347 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Attorney's fees."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Maddox"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 21
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2004-02-19"
last_action: "2004-08-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3656c6b5-173e-4f33-908b-1e5b55046f4f"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2347"
source_hash: "f57eefd94fc2584c32edc65920129019050c316f464856f438fde94359531c69"
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 2347 (20032004) — Attorney's fees.

## 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=200320040AB2347&version=20030AB234799INT)
2. **04/26/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2347&version=20030AB234798AMD)
3. **05/12/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2347&version=20030AB234797AMD)
4. **06/22/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2347&version=20030AB234796AMD)
5. **08/30/04 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2347&version=20030AB234794CHP)
6. **AB2347** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2347)
7. **08/12/04 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2347&version=20030AB234795ENR)

## Votes

- consent calendar 2nd ab2347 maddox — **pass** (pass) · upper
- do pass as amended, to consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- do pass as amended. to consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 2347 maddox consent calendar second day regular session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 2347 maddox concurrence in senate amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Maddox — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-08-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 328, Statutes of 2004.
- **2004-08-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2004-08-16** Enrolled and to the Governor at 5 p.m.
- **2004-08-12** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 7010.) `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 4360.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-06-22** Read second time, amended, and to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-06-21** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2004-06-08** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2004-05-27** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2004-05-20** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2004-05-20** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 5862.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-05-13** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-05-12** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. (Corrected May 12. ) `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-05-11** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. (May 4). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2004-04-27** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2004-04-26** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Judiciary Read second time and amended. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-03-30** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2004-03-04** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `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/3656c6b5-173e-4f33-908b-1e5b55046f4f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).