---
type: "Bill"
title: "Local government expenses: state mandates."
description: "Local government expenses: state mandates."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 2853"
citation: "California AB 2853 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Local government expenses: state mandates."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Laird"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 24
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2004-02-20"
last_action: "2004-09-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e8a26f7e-3172-47b2-9f4d-28cd8e292424"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2853"
source_hash: "6220d7b8cf4874c45b5c3fc4daf941b2c61e329a3b54678336cf48109edc2769"
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 2853 (20032004) — Local government expenses: state mandates.

## 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=200320040AB2853&version=20030AB285399INT)
2. **04/01/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2853&version=20030AB285398AMD)
3. **05/12/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2853&version=20030AB285397AMD)
4. **06/07/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2853&version=20030AB285396AMD)
5. **09/29/04 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2853&version=20030AB285394CHP)
6. **AB2853** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2853)
7. **08/17/04 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2853&version=20030AB285395ENR)

## Votes

- ab 2853 laird concurrence in senate amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 2853 laird consent calendar second day regular session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- do pass as amended, to consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- assembly 3rd reading ab2853 laird by alpert — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Judiciary. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Laird — primary (person)
- Chavez — principal coauthor (person)
- Daucher — principal coauthor (person)
- Hancock — principal coauthor (person)
- La Malfa — principal coauthor (person)
- Longville — principal coauthor (person)
- Maze — principal coauthor (person)
- Montanez — principal coauthor (person)
- Salinas — principal coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-09-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 889, Statutes of 2004.
- **2004-09-29** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2004-08-25** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2004-08-17** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 75. Noes 5. Page 7227.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2004-08-11** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 13 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2004-08-11** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. (Ayes 28. Noes 4. Page 4897.) `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 8. Noes 3.). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2004-07-29** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2004-06-28** Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2004-06-24** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Judiciary Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2004-06-07** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Local Government In committee: Hearing postponed by committee. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-06-03** Referred to Standing Committee on Local Government and Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2004-05-20** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2004-05-20** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 5863.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-05-13** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-05-12** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-05-11** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. (May 5). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2004-04-22** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 21). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2004-04-12** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Local Government. `referral-committee`
- **2004-04-01** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Local Government Read second time and amended. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-03-15** Referred to 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/e8a26f7e-3172-47b2-9f4d-28cd8e292424`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).