---
type: "Bill"
title: "State mandates: Commission on State Mandates."
description: "State mandates: Commission on State Mandates."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 2856"
citation: "California AB 2856 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State mandates: Commission on State Mandates."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Laird"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 27
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2004-02-20"
last_action: "2004-09-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e53f7fa7-af5d-44a8-8040-eaba9195b572"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2856"
source_hash: "c0799ba849765229361a15a1d7ac2f1f18955f538599b33f2d7dbbc0b1134b13"
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 2856 (20032004) — State mandates: Commission on 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=200320040AB2856&version=20030AB285699INT)
2. **03/30/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2856&version=20030AB285698AMD)
3. **05/10/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2856&version=20030AB285697AMD)
4. **08/05/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2856&version=20030AB285696AMD)
5. **08/17/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2856&version=20030AB285695AMD)
6. **09/29/04 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2856&version=20030AB285693CHP)
7. **AB2856** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2856)
8. **08/24/04 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2856&version=20030AB285694ENR)

## Votes

- ab 2856 laird concurrence in senate amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- senate amendments be concurred in. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 2856 laird consent calendar second day regular session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- do pass and re-refer to committee on appropriations with recommendation: to consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- placed on appropriations suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- do pass as amended, to consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- special consent cale ab2856 laird — **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 890, Statutes of 2004.
- **2004-09-29** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2004-09-01** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2004-08-24** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 7612.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2004-08-23** From committee: With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (August 23). `committee-passage`
- **2004-08-19** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Local Government pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee`
- **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 12. Noes 0.). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2004-08-05** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-08-04** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **2004-07-29** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2004-06-24** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2004-06-07** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2004-05-27** Referred to Standing Committee on Local Government. `referral-committee`
- **2004-05-18** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2004-05-17** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 5766.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-05-11** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-05-10** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-05-06** 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 with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 21). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2004-03-31** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Local Government. `referral-committee`
- **2004-03-30** 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/e53f7fa7-af5d-44a8-8040-eaba9195b572`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).