---
type: "Bill"
title: "Economic development."
description: "Economic development."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 2565"
citation: "California AB 2565 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Economic development."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Parra"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 30
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2004-02-20"
last_action: "2004-09-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/23039942-1c60-4f33-a1dd-b529493f8c7b"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2565"
source_hash: "c9782a853ae3a85e6fc960d1f91e8ae83759dbcfe2c95d8c4f98382c7b7e124f"
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 2565 (20032004) — Economic development.

## 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=200320040AB2565&version=20030AB256599INT)
2. **04/26/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2565&version=20030AB256598AMD)
3. **05/25/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2565&version=20030AB256597AMD)
4. **06/29/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2565&version=20030AB256596AMD)
5. **07/19/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2565&version=20030AB256595AMD)
6. **08/23/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2565&version=20030AB256594AMD)
7. **09/24/04 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2565&version=20030AB256592CHP)
8. **AB2565** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2565)
9. **08/26/04 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2565&version=20030AB256593ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Local Government. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- assembly 3rd reading ab2565 parra by ashburn — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 2565 parra third reading urgency — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- special consent cale ab2565 parra — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Parra — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-09-24** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 763, Statutes of 2004.
- **2004-09-24** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2004-09-09** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2004-08-26** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 2802.) Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 78. Noes 1. Page 7824.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2004-08-25** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 27 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2004-08-24** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5297.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-08-23** Action rescinded whereby the bill was read third time, passed, and to Assembly. Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. `passage, amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2004-08-12** In Senate. Held at Desk.
- **2004-08-12** Ordered returned to Senate.
- **2004-08-10** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 12 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2004-08-10** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4858.) `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 9. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2004-07-29** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2004-07-19** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-06-29** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-06-22** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2004-06-09** Referred to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization. `referral-committee`
- **2004-05-28** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2004-05-27** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 1. Page 6153.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-05-25** Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-05-10** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-05-06** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 20. Noes 1.) (May 5). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2004-04-27** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2004-04-26** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-04-22** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 21). `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, committee-passage`
- **2004-04-14** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Local Government Re-referred. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (April 13). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2004-03-18** Referred to V. A. and Standing Committee on Local Government. `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/23039942-1c60-4f33-a1dd-b529493f8c7b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).