---
type: "Bill"
title: "Controller: duties and authority."
description: "Controller: duties and authority."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 2530"
citation: "California AB 2530 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Controller: duties and authority."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Levine"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 24
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2004-02-20"
last_action: "2004-09-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d758f5cc-4c96-44b9-853c-a1bd161512d7"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2530"
source_hash: "83b5a6b45b8b8420990b6db22c28b8122e34830981af7c9fbc7ea03a6a0369ca"
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 2530 (20032004) — Controller: duties and authority.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/20/04 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2530&version=20030AB253099INT)
2. **04/12/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2530&version=20030AB253098AMD)
3. **04/28/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2530&version=20030AB253097AMD)
4. **06/21/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2530&version=20030AB253096AMD)
5. **09/14/04 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2530&version=20030AB253094CHP)
6. **AB2530** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2530)
7. **08/18/04 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2530&version=20030AB253095ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **fail** (fail) · upper
- ab 2530 levine assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 2530 levine concurrence in senate amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- assembly 3rd reading ab2530 levine by scott — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Levine — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-09-14** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 520, Statutes of 2004.
- **2004-09-14** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2004-08-27** Enrolled and to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2004-08-18** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 71. Noes 8. Page 7293.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2004-08-11** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 13 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2004-08-11** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 22. Noes 12. Page 4898.) `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 4.). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2004-07-29** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2004-06-23** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2004-06-21** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-06-15** In committee: Set first hearing. Failed passage. Reconsideration granted.
- **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 61. Noes 17. Page 5830.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-05-17** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-05-13** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 20. Noes 0.) (May 12). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2004-04-29** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2004-04-28** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-04-27** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 20). `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, committee-passage`
- **2004-04-12** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Judiciary Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-03-15** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2004-02-22** From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
- **2004-02-20** 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/d758f5cc-4c96-44b9-853c-a1bd161512d7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).