---
type: "Bill"
title: "State highways: litter control."
description: "State highways: litter control."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 260"
citation: "California AB 260 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State highways: litter control."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jackson"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 25
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2003-02-04"
last_action: "2003-09-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ba95e1cd-8eff-4223-8f7c-4ea70d568ee8"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB260"
source_hash: "f0a560c96e51f2c46932a8555df994c50c2f93b34f9d786eb63c2effceed5686"
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 260 (20032004) — State highways: litter control.

## 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=200320040AB260&version=20030AB26099INT)
2. **04/22/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB260&version=20030AB26098AMD)
3. **06/02/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB260&version=20030AB26097AMD)
4. **07/09/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB260&version=20030AB26096AMD)
5. **09/03/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB260&version=20030AB26095AMD)
6. **09/24/03 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB260&version=20030AB26093CHP)
7. **AB260** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB260)
8. **09/10/03 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB260&version=20030AB26094ENR)

## Votes

- ab 260 jackson concurrence in senate amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- assembly 3rd reading ab260 jackson by karnette — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 260 jackson assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- do pass and be re-referred to the committee on natural resources. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- do pass and be re-referred to the committee on natural resources. — **fail** (fail) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- placed on appropriations suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jackson — primary (person)
- Koretz — coauthor (person)
- Lowenthal — coauthor (person)
- Montanez — coauthor (person)
- Mullin — coauthor (person)
- Nakano — coauthor (person)
- Nation — coauthor (person)
- Pavley — coauthor (person)
- Vargas — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-09-24** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 489, Statutes of 2003.
- **2003-09-24** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2003-09-17** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2003-09-10** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Ayes 46. Noes 30. Page 3717.) Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 56. Noes 22. Page 3723.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2003-09-09** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 11 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2003-09-08** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 24. Noes 13. Page 2377.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-09-03** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-09-02** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 5.). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2003-08-18** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **2003-07-09** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-07-08** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 10. Noes 0.). `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, committee-passage`
- **2003-06-12** Referred to Standing Committee on Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **2003-06-04** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2003-06-03** Read second time. To third reading. Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 52. Noes 24. Page 2177.) `passage, reading-3, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-06-02** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 19. Noes 5.) (May 28). Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-05-07** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-29** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 8. Noes 4.) (April 28). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2003-04-23** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Natural Resources. `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-22** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Natural Resources Re-referred. (Ayes 13. Noes 5.) (April 21). From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Natural Resources Read second time and amended. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-04-07** In committee: Set second hearing. Failed passage. Reconsideration granted.
- **2003-03-17** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2003-03-11** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2003-02-14** Referred to Standing Committee on Transportation and Standing Committee on Natural Resources. `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/ba95e1cd-8eff-4223-8f7c-4ea70d568ee8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).