---
type: "Bill"
title: "Law enforcement fees."
description: "Law enforcement fees."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 394"
citation: "California AB 394 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Law enforcement fees."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Montanez"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 25
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2003-02-14"
last_action: "2003-10-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f9520374-fecd-4450-83a1-34cd326e7659"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB394"
source_hash: "48ebce9095aed1eb61cd19b53fe826180adc997c0e5fe5ddb3e64bf2305a9650"
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 394 (20032004) — Law enforcement fees.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/14/03 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB394&version=20030AB39499INT)
2. **04/08/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB394&version=20030AB39498AMD)
3. **06/02/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB394&version=20030AB39497AMD)
4. **07/08/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB394&version=20030AB39496AMD)
5. **08/18/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB394&version=20030AB39495AMD)
6. **10/12/03 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB394&version=20030AB39493CHP)
7. **AB394** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB394)
8. **09/02/03 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB394&version=20030AB39494ENR)

## Votes

- ab 394 montanez assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 394 montanez concurrence in senate amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- assembly 3rd reading ab394 montanez by scott — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Public Safety. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Montanez — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-10-12** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 888, Statutes of 2003.
- **2003-10-12** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2003-09-15** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
- **2003-09-02** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 59. Noes 15. Page 3285.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2003-08-28** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2003-08-27** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 23. Noes 14. Page 2160.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-08-20** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-08-19** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2003-08-18** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-07-21** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2003-07-08** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-07-07** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Public Safety (Ayes 5. Noes 1.). `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, committee-passage`
- **2003-06-23** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2003-06-02** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-05-15** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary and Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-08** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2003-05-08** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 67. Noes 0. Page 1539.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-05-05** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-05-01** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 24. Noes 0.) (April 30). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2003-04-09** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-08** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-04-07** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (April 1). `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, committee-passage`
- **2003-02-27** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-18** From printer. May be heard in committee March 20.
- **2003-02-14** 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/f9520374-fecd-4450-83a1-34cd326e7659`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).