---
type: "Bill"
title: "Air emissions: cruise ships."
description: "Air emissions: cruise ships."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 471"
citation: "California AB 471 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Air emissions: cruise ships."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Simitian"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 26
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2003-02-14"
last_action: "2004-09-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/eaee2568-67e5-48b3-8c1d-17e93db45f16"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB471"
source_hash: "84e26d202e90ecb07b6836403161a967f5823ea4ba7b1b837dc60c87052a8a07"
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 471 (20032004) — Air emissions: cruise ships.

## 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=200320040AB471&version=20030AB47199INT)
2. **04/03/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB471&version=20030AB47198AMD)
3. **05/06/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB471&version=20030AB47197AMD)
4. **06/02/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB471&version=20030AB47196AMD)
5. **07/16/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB471&version=20030AB47195AMD)
6. **08/05/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB471&version=20030AB47193AMD)
7. **08/18/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB471&version=20030AB47194AMD)
8. **09/23/04 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB471&version=20030AB47191CHP)
9. **AB471** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB471)
10. **08/24/04 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB471&version=20030AB47192ENR)

## Votes

- placed on appropriations suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- assembly 3rd reading ab471 simitian by kuehl — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 471 simitian assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 471 simitian concurrence in senate amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Simitian — primary (person)
- Laird — author (person)
- Nakano — author (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-09-23** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 706, Statutes of 2004.
- **2004-09-23** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2004-09-01** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2004-08-24** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 52. Noes 27. Page 7536.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2004-08-18** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 20 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2004-08-18** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 22. Noes 11. Page 5071.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-08-17** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-08-16** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 5.) (August 12). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2004-08-05** 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`
- **2003-08-29** In committee: Set, first hearing. Held under submission.
- **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`
- **2003-07-16** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-07-15** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 6. Noes 0.). `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, committee-passage`
- **2003-06-19** Referred to Com. on ENV. QUAL. `referral-committee`
- **2003-06-05** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2003-06-04** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 43. Noes 34. Page 2222.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-06-03** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-06-02** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 16. Noes 6.) (May 28). Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-05-15** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-07** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-06** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-05-05** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (April 29). `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, committee-passage`
- **2003-04-07** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials. `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-03** Referred to Standing Committee on Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials Read second time and amended. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **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/eaee2568-67e5-48b3-8c1d-17e93db45f16`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).