---
type: "Bill"
title: "Elections: state mandates."
description: "Elections: state mandates."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 2854"
citation: "California AB 2854 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Elections: state mandates."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Laird"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2004-02-20"
last_action: "2004-07-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a1692610-0978-4018-ad67-3198e8a24790"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2854"
source_hash: "f10fc41df447847556ca7c43e0b20a68d17442264641d9842aa674e83b2507c5"
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 2854 (20032004) — Elections: 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=200320040AB2854&version=20030AB285499INT)
2. **03/23/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2854&version=20030AB285498AMD)
3. **07/27/04 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2854&version=20030AB285496CHP)
4. **AB2854** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2854)
5. **07/12/04 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2854&version=20030AB285497ENR)

## Votes

- do pass, to consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- special consent cale ab2854 laird — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 2854 laird consent calendar second day regular session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass 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
- Do pass. — **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.

- **2004-07-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 206, Statutes of 2004.
- **2004-07-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2004-07-16** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2:45 p.m.
- **2004-07-15** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2004-07-12** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 4622.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-06-30** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-06-29** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2004-06-16** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2004-05-20** Referred to Standing Committee on Elections and Redistricting. `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. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 5630.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-05-03** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-04-29** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (April 28). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2004-04-14** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 13). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2004-03-25** Re-referred to Com. on E.,R. & C.A. `referral-committee`
- **2004-03-23** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on E.,R. & C.A. Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-03-15** Referred to Com. on E.,R. & C.A. `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/a1692610-0978-4018-ad67-3198e8a24790`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).