---
type: "Bill"
title: "Check sellers and proraters: exemptions."
description: "Check sellers and proraters: exemptions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 403"
citation: "California AB 403 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Check sellers and proraters: exemptions."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Correa"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 33
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2003-02-14"
last_action: "2004-08-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2cd61d0d-4217-4c6b-bad0-0cec9c77d986"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB403"
source_hash: "e5aa91e75fcbdc83e3d6db4b8ec18f147c1034eb0204ef37a854378ac9c61113"
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 403 (20032004) — Check sellers and proraters: exemptions.

## 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=200320040AB403&version=20030AB40399INT)
2. **04/29/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB403&version=20030AB40398AMD)
3. **05/06/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB403&version=20030AB40393AMD)
4. **07/14/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB403&version=20030AB40397AMD)
5. **07/27/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB403&version=20030AB40392AMD)
6. **08/18/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB403&version=20030AB40396AMD)
7. **08/30/04 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB403&version=20030AB40390CHP)
8. **09/02/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB403&version=20030AB40395AMD)
9. **09/08/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB403&version=20030AB40394AMD)
10. **AB403** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB403)
11. **08/16/04 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB403&version=20030AB40391ENR)

## Votes

- ab 403 correa consent calendar second day regular session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- assembly 3rd reading ab403 correa by speier — **pass** (pass) · upper
- do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- assembly 3rd reading ab403 correa by speier — **pass** (pass) · upper
- assembly 3rd reading ab403 correa by speier — **fail** (fail) · upper
- placed on appropriations suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- do pass, to consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 403 correa concurrence in senate amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Correa — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-08-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 360, Statutes of 2004.
- **2004-08-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2004-08-19** Enrolled and to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2004-08-16** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 70. Noes 5. Page 7164.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2004-08-10** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 12 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2004-08-10** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 23. Noes 11. Page 4869.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-07-28** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-07-27** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-05-27** Read third time. Urgency clause refused adoption. Passage refused in Senate. (Ayes 23. Noes 10. Page 3951.) Motion to reconsider made by Senator Speier. Reconsideration granted. (Page 3951.) `reading-3, reading-1`
- **2004-05-10** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-05-06** Action rescinded whereby urgency clause was adopted, bill read third time, passed, and to Assembly. Read third time, amended. To second reading. `passage, amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2004-01-06** In Senate. Held at Desk.
- **2004-01-05** Ordered returned to Senate.
- **2003-09-11** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2003-09-10** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. (Ayes 27. Noes 13. Page 2468.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-09-08** Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-09-02** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-08-29** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 4.). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, 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 In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-07-15** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations pursuant to Joint Rule 10.5. `referral-committee`
- **2003-07-14** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-07-10** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 2.). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2003-06-09** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2003-05-22** Referred to Com. on B., C. & I. T. `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-13** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2003-05-12** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1633.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-05-07** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-05-06** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 5). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2003-04-30** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Banking and Finance. `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-29** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Banking and Finance Read second time and amended. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-02-20** Referred to Standing Committee on Banking and Finance. `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/2cd61d0d-4217-4c6b-bad0-0cec9c77d986`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).