---
type: "Bill"
title: "Building standards: public information."
description: "Building standards: public information."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 2638"
citation: "California AB 2638 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Building standards: public information."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cogdill"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 26
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2004-02-20"
last_action: "2004-09-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c589fae7-9736-4cde-94ed-04511a1d63c3"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2638"
source_hash: "f46da1f3996507bc47e4cf79ffbc46d2a4ea5d55062bbbe1dfe954a9b7edb0f0"
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 2638 (20032004) — Building standards: public information.

## 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=200320040AB2638&version=20030AB263899INT)
2. **06/17/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2638&version=20030AB263898AMD)
3. **08/17/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2638&version=20030AB263897AMD)
4. **09/21/04 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2638&version=20030AB263895CHP)
5. **AB2638** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2638)
6. **08/27/04 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2638&version=20030AB263896ENR)

## Votes

- ab 2638 cogdill assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- placed on appropriations suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- special consent cale ab2638 cogdill — **pass** (pass) · upper
- do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- assembly 3rd reading ab2638 cogdill by margett — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 2638 cogdill concurrence in senate amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cogdill — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-09-21** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 642, Statutes of 2004.
- **2004-09-21** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2004-09-15** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2004-08-27** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 7909.) Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 7938.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2004-08-26** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 28 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2004-08-26** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 5399.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-08-25** Action rescinded whereby the bill was read third time, passed, and to Assembly. `passage, reading-3`
- **2004-08-19** In Senate. Held at Desk.
- **2004-08-19** Ordered returned to Senate.
- **2004-08-18** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 20 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2004-08-18** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 5062.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-08-17** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-08-16** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (August 12). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2004-08-04** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **2004-07-29** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2004-06-23** Read second time. To third reading. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations pursuant to Joint Rule 10.5. `referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-06-22** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2004-06-17** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Housing and Community Development. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-05-20** Referred to Standing Committee on Housing and Community Development. `referral-committee`
- **2004-05-10** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2004-05-10** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 5613.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-05-04** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-05-03** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 21. Noes 0.) (May 3). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2004-03-08** Referred to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization. `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/c589fae7-9736-4cde-94ed-04511a1d63c3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).