---
type: "Bill"
title: "Milk inspection."
description: "Milk inspection."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 3046"
citation: "California AB 3046 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Milk inspection."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Agriculture"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2004-02-26"
last_action: "2004-09-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c83dca36-a8c0-483c-856c-60b8194d8a93"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB3046"
source_hash: "7d68707f12f0a87091ec46eb72bd5ca99c38f3c045c30e61b3945471252760e3"
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 3046 (20032004) — Milk inspection.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **02/26/04 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB3046&version=20030AB304699INT)
2. **07/07/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB3046&version=20030AB304698AMD)
3. **09/09/04 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB3046&version=20030AB304696CHP)
4. **AB3046** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB3046)
5. **08/24/04 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB3046&version=20030AB304697ENR)

## Votes

- ab 3046 agri. consent calendar second day regular session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- assembly 3rd reading ab3046 committee on agri. (matthews) by denham — **pass** (pass) · upper
- do pass, to consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Rules. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 3046 agri. concurrence in senate amendments by matthews — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Committee on Agriculture — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-09-09** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 436, Statutes of 2004.
- **2004-09-09** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2004-08-30** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
- **2004-08-24** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 76. Noes 1. Page 7609.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2004-08-19** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 21 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2004-08-19** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 34. Noes 1. Page 5122.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-08-09** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-08-05** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2004-07-29** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2004-07-07** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-07-06** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 6. Noes 0.). `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, committee-passage`
- **2004-06-17** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2004-06-15** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Rules Re-referred. (Ayes 10. Noes 2.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2004-05-20** Referred to Com. on AGR. & WAT. RES. `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`
- **2004-04-15** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 14). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2004-03-15** Referred to Standing Committee on Agriculture. `referral-committee`
- **2004-02-27** From printer. May be heard in committee March 28.
- **2004-02-26** 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/c83dca36-a8c0-483c-856c-60b8194d8a93`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).