---
type: "Bill"
title: "Finances: City of Richmond."
description: "Finances: City of Richmond."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 434"
citation: "California AB 434 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Finances: City of Richmond."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hancock"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 28
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2003-02-14"
last_action: "2004-07-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8104bd86-bc9c-49b6-a86b-99c3c08a26cc"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB434"
source_hash: "e09e9050c23708c55b5a4f3fa6066bfc7d1c051225c8040144abf0513ef71167"
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 434 (20032004) — Finances: City of Richmond.

## 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=200320040AB434&version=20030AB43499INT)
2. **03/20/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB434&version=20030AB43498AMD)
3. **04/29/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB434&version=20030AB43496AMD)
4. **05/19/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB434&version=20030AB43495AMD)
5. **06/14/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB434&version=20030AB43494AMD)
6. **06/24/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB434&version=20030AB43493AMD)
7. **06/25/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB434&version=20030AB43497AMD)
8. **07/14/04 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB434&version=20030AB43491CHP)
9. **AB434** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB434)
10. **07/01/04 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB434&version=20030AB43492ENR)

## Votes

- senate amendments be concurred in. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 434 hancock concurrence- urgency added — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 434 hancock assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- assembly 2nd reading ab434 hancock by perata — **pass** (pass) · upper
- assembly 3rd reading ab434 hancock by perata — **fail** (fail) · upper
- do pass and re-refer to committee on appropriations with recommendation: to consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hancock — primary (person)
- Canciamilla — coauthor (person)
- Perata — coauthor (person)
- Torlakson — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-07-14** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 147, Statutes of 2004.
- **2004-07-14** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2004-07-02** Enrolled and to the Governor at 10 a.m.
- **2004-07-01** Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 79. Noes 1. Page 6642.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2004-06-28** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after June 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Local Government pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 6575.) From committee: With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 28). `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2004-06-28** Read second time. To third reading. Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. (Ayes 28. Noes 4. Page 4420.) `passage, reading-3, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-06-24** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-06-17** Read third time. Urgency clause refused adoption. Passage refused in Senate. (Ayes 23. Noes 11. Page 4212.) Motion to reconsider made by Senator Perata. Reconsideration granted. (Page 4213.) `reading-3, reading-1`
- **2004-06-15** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-06-14** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-05-19** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-05-18** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2004-05-06** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Local Government. `referral-committee`
- **2004-04-29** 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`
- **2003-06-26** Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules. `referral-committee`
- **2003-06-25** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Employment and Retirement. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-06-23** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2003-06-12** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Employment and Retirement. `referral-committee`
- **2003-06-03** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2003-06-02** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 61. Noes 17. Page 2056.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-05-29** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 6.) (May 28). Read second time. To third reading. `committee-passage-favorable, reading-2, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-04-09** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-02** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 2). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2003-03-24** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Employees, Retirement and Social Security. `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-20** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Public Employees, Retirement and Social Security Read second time and amended. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-02-24** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Employees, Retirement and Social Security. `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/8104bd86-bc9c-49b6-a86b-99c3c08a26cc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).