---
type: "Bill"
title: "Elections: local government seals."
description: "Elections: local government seals."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 255"
citation: "California AB 255 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Elections: local government seals."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jerome Horton"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 25
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2003-02-04"
last_action: "2003-09-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8ba6c48e-5306-4b41-8af2-29e04f78e49c"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB255"
source_hash: "78d1411c437be0f33a73fa827b6f029d45a0a7012ded3a6b49ed3c3f9b7d8346"
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 255 (20032004) — Elections: local government seals.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/04/03 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB255&version=20030AB25599INT)
2. **03/25/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB255&version=20030AB25598AMD)
3. **04/07/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB255&version=20030AB25597AMD)
4. **06/24/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB255&version=20030AB25596AMD)
5. **09/17/03 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB255&version=20030AB25594CHP)
6. **AB255** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB255)
7. **08/28/03 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB255&version=20030AB25595ENR)

## Votes

- ab 255 horton,j special consent calendar 2nd day regular session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- assembly 3rd reading ab255 jerome horto by escutia — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- do pass, to consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 255 horton,j consent calendar second day regular session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- do pass and re-refer to committee on appropriations with recommendation: to consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jerome Horton — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-09-17** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 380, Statutes of 2003.
- **2003-09-16** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2003-09-08** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2003-08-28** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 3233.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2003-08-25** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 27 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
- **2003-08-21** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 2090.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-07-15** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-07-14** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2003-07-03** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2003-06-24** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Elections and Redistricting. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-06-18** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2003-05-29** Referred to Standing Committee on Elections and Redistricting. `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-15** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2003-05-15** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1711.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-05-12** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-05-08** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 7). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2003-04-23** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 22). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2003-04-08** Re-referred to Com. on E.,R. & C.A. `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-07** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on E.,R. & C.A. Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-03-26** Re-referred to Com. on E.,R. & C.A. `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-25** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on E.,R. & C.A. Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-03-19** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2003-02-11** Referred to Com. on E.,R. & C.A. `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-05** From printer. May be heard in committee March 7.
- **2003-02-04** 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/8ba6c48e-5306-4b41-8af2-29e04f78e49c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).