---
type: "Bill"
title: "Election contests."
description: "Election contests."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 346"
citation: "California AB 346 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Election contests."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Longville"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2003-02-11"
last_action: "2003-08-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bbd50693-6f14-410d-831a-d22a1d9ee5ac"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB346"
source_hash: "95e1f9976d094b19df84b8a861a4c1213d21644ffc63e28a8f1b587c0cc9380c"
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 346 (20032004) — Election contests.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/11/03 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB346&version=20030AB34699INT)
2. **03/17/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB346&version=20030AB34698AMD)
3. **08/04/03 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB346&version=20030AB34696CHP)
4. **AB346** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB346)
5. **07/17/03 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB346&version=20030AB34697ENR)

## Votes

- ab 346 longville assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- assembly 3rd reading ab346 longville by perata — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Longville — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-08-04** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 173, 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 23. Noes 12. Page 1870.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-07-07** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-07-03** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 3. Noes 2.). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2003-06-18** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2003-05-08** Referred to Standing Committee on Elections and Redistricting. `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-22** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2003-04-21** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 47. Noes 32. Page 1092.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-04-03** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-04-02** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 4. Noes 2.) (April 1). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2003-03-19** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2003-03-18** Re-referred to Com. on E.,R. & C.A. `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-17** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on E.,R. & C.A. Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-02-18** Referred to Com. on E.,R. & C.A. `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-12** From printer. May be heard in committee March 14.
- **2003-02-11** 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/bbd50693-6f14-410d-831a-d22a1d9ee5ac`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).