---
type: "Bill"
title: "Downpayment assistance: sales of real property."
description: "Downpayment assistance: sales of real property."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 2838"
citation: "California AB 2838 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Downpayment assistance: sales of real property."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Salinas"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 27
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2004-02-20"
last_action: "2004-09-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dbb87c4c-381a-4c38-9bd7-69b7c317b152"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2838"
source_hash: "c91aa6f9c0b2fbb0fcc4a50853bfc8a56ee8f93fee9288a62f008368e49e6801"
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 2838 (20032004) — Downpayment assistance: sales of real property.

## 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=200320040AB2838&version=20030AB283899INT)
2. **03/31/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2838&version=20030AB283898AMD)
3. **06/16/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2838&version=20030AB283897AMD)
4. **08/16/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2838&version=20030AB283896AMD)
5. **09/22/04 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2838&version=20030AB283894CHP)
6. **AB2838** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2838)
7. **08/27/04 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2838&version=20030AB283895ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 2838 salinas concurrence in senate amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- assembly 3rd reading ab2838 salinas by hollingsworth — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 2838 salinas assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Salinas — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-09-22** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 683, Statutes of 2004.
- **2004-09-22** 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 56. Noes 24. Page 7924.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2004-08-26** From committee: With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 6. Noes 2.) (August 26). `committee-passage`
- **2004-08-25** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 7775.)
- **2004-08-23** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Housing and Community Development pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee`
- **2004-08-19** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 21 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2004-08-19** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 24. Noes 10. Page 5115.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-08-17** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-08-16** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-08-09** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-08-05** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 4.). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2004-07-29** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2004-06-22** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 1.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2004-06-16** 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`
- **2004-06-09** Referred to Standing Committee on Housing and Community Development. `referral-committee`
- **2004-05-26** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2004-05-25** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 3. Page 5991.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-05-20** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 5.) (May 19). Read second time. To third reading. `committee-passage-favorable, reading-2, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-04-21** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2004-04-01** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2004-03-31** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-03-30** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (March 24). `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, committee-passage`
- **2004-03-11** Referred to Standing Committee on Housing and Community Development. `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/dbb87c4c-381a-4c38-9bd7-69b7c317b152`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).