---
type: "Bill"
title: "Commercial and political cyberfraud."
description: "Commercial and political cyberfraud."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 277"
citation: "California AB 277 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Commercial and political cyberfraud."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dutra"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 26
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2003-02-05"
last_action: "2003-09-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a3723385-bf76-4a53-a210-bdea90798dd0"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB277"
source_hash: "4cf17818e68314737e6b77bde4c12c722422a29a37a25c6326d3230fd22a151a"
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 277 (20032004) — Commercial and political cyberfraud.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/05/03 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB277&version=20030AB27799INT)
2. **04/07/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB277&version=20030AB27798AMD)
3. **04/24/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB277&version=20030AB27797AMD)
4. **06/04/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB277&version=20030AB27796AMD)
5. **07/02/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB277&version=20030AB27795AMD)
6. **07/14/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB277&version=20030AB27794AMD)
7. **07/17/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB277&version=20030AB27793AMD)
8. **09/04/03 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB277&version=20030AB27791CHP)
9. **AB277** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB277)
10. **08/21/03 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB277&version=20030AB27792ENR)

## Votes

- do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Rules. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 277 dutra assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 277 dutra concurrence in senate amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- special consent #21 ab277 dutra — **pass** (pass) · upper
- do pass as amended and be re-referred to the committee on elections, redistricting and constitutional amend. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dutra — primary (person)
- Chan — coauthor (person)
- Cohn — coauthor (person)
- Frommer — coauthor (person)
- Hancock — coauthor (person)
- Johnson — coauthor (person)
- Koretz — coauthor (person)
- Levine — coauthor (person)
- Longville — coauthor (person)
- Mullin — coauthor (person)
- Perata — coauthor (person)
- Samuelian — coauthor (person)
- Scott — coauthor (person)
- Soto — coauthor (person)
- Vasconcellos — coauthor (person)
- Yee — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-09-04** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 277, Statutes of 2003.
- **2003-09-03** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2003-08-25** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
- **2003-08-21** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 3071.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2003-07-28** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2003-07-24** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1964.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-07-21** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-07-17** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-07-16** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-07-15** Withdrawn from committee. Ordered placed on second reading file.
- **2003-07-14** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-07-10** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Rules (Ayes 6. Noes 0.). `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, committee-passage`
- **2003-07-02** 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`
- **2003-06-04** 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`
- **2003-05-15** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary and Standing Committee on Rules. `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-01** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2003-05-01** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 1. Page 1384.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-04-28** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-04-24** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-04-23** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 22). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2003-04-08** Re-referred to Com. on E.,R. & C.A. `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-07** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-04-03** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Com. on E.,R. & C.A. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (March 18). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2003-02-14** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary and E.,R. & C.A. `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-06** From printer. May be heard in committee March 8.
- **2003-02-05** 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/a3723385-bf76-4a53-a210-bdea90798dd0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).