---
type: "Bill"
title: "General plan: safety element."
description: "General plan: safety element."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 3065"
citation: "California AB 3065 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["General plan: safety element."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kehoe"]
version_count: 12
action_count: 30
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2004-03-08"
last_action: "2004-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b554dd81-29da-4eac-9566-5bf6efdc2e9c"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB3065"
source_hash: "1e35b038183e62ff0fd58a3c7939eb86d470828ce2c6bb12dea83f544d01b9e5"
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 3065 (20032004) — General plan: safety element.

## Version chain

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

1. **03/08/04 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB3065&version=20030AB306599INT)
2. **04/12/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB3065&version=20030AB306598AMD)
3. **04/16/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB3065&version=20030AB306597AMD)
4. **04/27/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB3065&version=20030AB306596AMD)
5. **06/09/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB3065&version=20030AB306595AMD)
6. **06/23/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB3065&version=20030AB306594AMD)
7. **08/17/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB3065&version=20030AB306593AMD)
8. **08/23/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB3065&version=20030AB306592AMD)
9. **08/24/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB3065&version=20030AB306591AMD)
10. **09/30/04 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB3065&version=20030AB306589CHP)
11. **AB3065** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB3065)
12. **08/27/04 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB3065&version=20030AB306590ENR)

## Votes

- ab 3065 kehoe concurrence in senate amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- placed on appropriations suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- assembly 3rd reading ab3065 kehoe by sher — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 3065 kehoe assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kehoe — primary (person)
- Soto — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 951, Statutes of 2004.
- **2004-09-29** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2004-09-15** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2004-08-27** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 7922.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2004-08-26** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 7802.)
- **2004-08-25** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 27 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2004-08-25** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 34. Noes 1. Page 5332.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-08-24** Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-08-23** Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. `reading-3, amendment-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`
- **2004-08-04** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **2004-07-29** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2004-06-23** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-06-22** 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`
- **2004-06-09** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Local Government. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-05-20** Referred to Standing Committee on Local Government. `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 76. Noes 0. Page 5610.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-05-04** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-05-03** Withdrawn from committee. Ordered placed on second reading file.
- **2004-04-28** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2004-04-27** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-04-26** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 21). `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, committee-passage`
- **2004-04-19** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Local Government. `referral-committee`
- **2004-04-16** 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`
- **2004-04-13** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Local Government. `referral-committee`
- **2004-04-12** Referred to Standing Committee on Local Government 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`
- **2004-03-09** From printer. May be heard in committee April 8.
- **2004-03-08** Joint Rule 54 (a) suspended. 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/b554dd81-29da-4eac-9566-5bf6efdc2e9c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).