---
type: "Bill"
title: "Property insurance: subsidized housing."
description: "Property insurance: subsidized housing."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 421"
citation: "California AB 421 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Property insurance: subsidized housing."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Steinberg"]
version_count: 16
action_count: 40
vote_count: 11
first_action: "2003-02-14"
last_action: "2004-09-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6122aa76-7865-42df-bd79-51a9e048d1c1"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB421"
source_hash: "d089bd11c9d422b8ddb368382bb8b296e5ea7ed9b19bd4d584fbbeb3d8e0e3de"
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 421 (20032004) — Property insurance: subsidized housing.

## 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=200320040AB421&version=20030AB42199INT)
2. **04/03/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB421&version=20030AB42198AMD)
3. **04/22/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB421&version=20030AB42197AMD)
4. **05/22/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB421&version=20030AB42196AMD)
5. **06/07/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB421&version=20030AB42191AMD)
6. **06/21/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB421&version=20030AB42190AMD)
7. **06/24/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB421&version=20030AB42195AMD)
8. **07/07/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB421&version=20030AB42189AMD)
9. **07/15/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB421&version=20030AB42194AMD)
10. **08/18/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB421&version=20030AB42188AMD)
11. **08/24/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB421&version=20030AB42187AMD)
12. **09/04/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB421&version=20030AB42193AMD)
13. **09/08/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB421&version=20030AB42192AMD)
14. **09/25/04 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB421&version=20030AB42185CHP)
15. **AB421** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB421)
16. **09/15/04 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB421&version=20030AB42186ENR)

## Votes

- do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · legislature
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Judiciary. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 421 steinberg concurrence in senate amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 421 dymally third reading urgency — **pass** (pass) · lower
- do pass as amended, to consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- assembly 3rd reading ab421 steinberg by torlakson — **fail** (fail) · upper
- assembly 3rd reading ab421 steinberg by torlakson reconsider — **pass** (pass) · upper
- placed on appropriations suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- assembly 3rd reading ab421 steinberg by speier — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Steinberg — primary (person)
- Speier — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-09-25** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 771, Statutes of 2004.
- **2004-09-24** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2004-09-16** Enrolled and to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2004-08-27** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 7909.) Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 46. Noes 31. Page 8012.) (Corrected September 15. ) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2004-08-26** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 28 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Insurance pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 7864.) From committee: With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 11. Noes 4.) (August 26). `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2004-08-26** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 21. Noes 14. Page 5393.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-08-24** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 5.). Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-08-23** From committee: Re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10. Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.). `committee-passage`
- **2004-08-19** Read second time. To third reading. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10. `referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-08-18** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-07-07** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-07-06** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2004-06-21** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-06-17** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Judiciary (Ayes 6. Noes 2.). `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, committee-passage`
- **2004-06-09** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Insurance and Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2004-06-07** From inactive file. To second reading. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-09-12** To inactive file on motion of Senator Torlakson.
- **2003-09-11** Read third time, passage refused. (Ayes 13. Noes 21. Page 2541.) Motion to reconsider made by Senator Torlakson. Reconsideration granted. (Page 2541.) `reading-3, reading-1`
- **2003-09-10** Withdrawn from committee. Ordered placed on third reading file.
- **2003-09-08** Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-09-04** 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`
- **2003-08-18** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **2003-07-15** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-07-14** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 9. Noes 2.). `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, committee-passage`
- **2003-06-24** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on H. & H.S. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-06-05** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2003-05-22** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on H. & H.S. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-05-15** Referred to Com. on H. & H.S. `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-28** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2003-04-28** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Senate. (Ayes 71. Noes 1. Page 1304.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-04-24** From Consent Calendar. To third reading.
- **2003-04-23** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-04-22** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-04-21** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. (April 8). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2003-04-07** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Health. `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-03** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Health. Read second time and amended. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-03-18** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2003-02-24** Referred to Standing Committee on Health. `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/6122aa76-7865-42df-bd79-51a9e048d1c1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).