---
type: "Bill"
title: "Water softening and conditioning appliances."
description: "Water softening and conditioning appliances."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 334"
citation: "California AB 334 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Water softening and conditioning appliances."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Goldberg"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 17
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2003-02-07"
last_action: "2003-08-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/364a0548-dfe4-48d4-92af-6567861793bc"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB334"
source_hash: "13df84d8124c43d4d20b3b4f0befbbe00868aa5ae497fc5ea962600d9ab1ceb6"
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 334 (20032004) — Water softening and conditioning appliances.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/07/03 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB334&version=20030AB33499INT)
2. **04/10/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB334&version=20030AB33498AMD)
3. **05/19/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB334&version=20030AB33497AMD)
4. **08/04/03 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB334&version=20030AB33495CHP)
5. **AB334** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB334)
6. **07/17/03 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB334&version=20030AB33496ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- assembly 3rd reading ab334 goldberg by dunn — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 334 goldberg assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Goldberg — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-08-04** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 172, Statutes of 2003.
- **2003-08-03** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2003-07-21** Enrolled and to the Governor at 12:30 p.m.
- **2003-07-17** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2003-07-17** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 22. Noes 13. Page 1873.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-07-09** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-07-08** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2003-06-05** Referred to Com. on ENV. QUAL. `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-28** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2003-05-27** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 45. Noes 22. Page 1921.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-05-19** Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-05-01** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-04-30** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (April 29). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2003-04-21** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials. `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-10** Referred to Standing Committee on Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials Read second time and amended. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-02-11** From printer. May be heard in committee March 13.
- **2003-02-07** 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/364a0548-dfe4-48d4-92af-6567861793bc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).