---
type: "Bill"
title: "Milk products: licensing fees."
description: "Milk products: licensing fees."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 2916"
citation: "California AB 2916 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Milk products: licensing fees."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Negrete McLeod"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2004-02-20"
last_action: "2004-09-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ab21a14b-2c29-4a47-b75a-42a51d144c0a"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2916"
source_hash: "86d5fb61a335c8437b5a551d480780b5a45ef04cf591cea48c323e966e3cd372"
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 2916 (20032004) — Milk products: licensing fees.

## 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=200320040AB2916&version=20030AB291699INT)
2. **03/24/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2916&version=20030AB291698AMD)
3. **09/10/04 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2916&version=20030AB291696CHP)
4. **AB2916** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2916)
5. **08/23/04 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2916&version=20030AB291697ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 2916 negrete mcleod assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **fail** (fail) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- assembly 3rd reading ab2916 negrete mcle by cedillo — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 2916 negrete mcleod assembly third reading move previous question by frommer — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Negrete McLeod — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-09-10** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 457, Statutes of 2004.
- **2004-09-10** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2004-09-01** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2004-08-23** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2004-08-23** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 24. Noes 10. Page 5202.) `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.
- **2004-06-23** 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`
- **2004-06-15** In committee: Set first hearing. Failed passage. Reconsideration granted.
- **2004-05-20** Referred to Com. on AGR. & WAT. RES. `referral-committee`
- **2004-05-06** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2004-05-06** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 46. Noes 11. Page 5564.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-05-03** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-04-29** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 20. Noes 0.) (April 28). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2004-04-15** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 14). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2004-03-25** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Agriculture. `referral-committee`
- **2004-03-24** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Agriculture Read second time and amended. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-03-15** Referred to Standing Committee on Agriculture. `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/ab21a14b-2c29-4a47-b75a-42a51d144c0a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).