---
type: "Bill"
title: "Child abuse prevention: citizen review panels."
description: "Child abuse prevention: citizen review panels."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 2873"
citation: "California AB 2873 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Child abuse prevention: citizen review panels."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Garcia"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2004-02-20"
last_action: "2004-08-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e965d2bd-e77f-4608-8146-60c0496c7a1f"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2873"
source_hash: "9e5cf1e004f84aa5465435f8e5ee5aa3c9ac9d375db58f18ca5f62cca2c62eca"
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 2873 (20032004) — Child abuse prevention: citizen review panels.

## 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=200320040AB2873&version=20030AB287399INT)
2. **06/29/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2873&version=20030AB287398AMD)
3. **08/30/04 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2873&version=20030AB287396CHP)
4. **AB2873** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2873)
5. **08/12/04 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2873&version=20030AB287397ENR)

## Votes

- do pass, to consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 2873 garcia concurrence in senate amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 2873 garcia consent calendar second day regular session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- special consent cale ab2873 garcia — **pass** (pass) · upper
- do pass and re-refer to committee on appropriations with recommendation: to consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Garcia — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-08-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 350, Statutes of 2004.
- **2004-08-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2004-08-17** Enrolled and to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2004-08-12** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 7086.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2004-08-05** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 7 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2004-07-29** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 4728.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-07-14** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-07-13** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2004-07-07** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2004-06-29** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-06-28** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 7. Noes 0.). `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, committee-passage`
- **2004-06-08** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2004-05-20** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `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, 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`
- **2004-04-20** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 20). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2004-03-15** Referred to Standing Committee on Human Services. `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/e965d2bd-e77f-4608-8146-60c0496c7a1f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).