---
type: "Bill"
title: "Districts: record retention."
description: "Districts: record retention."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 474"
citation: "California AB 474 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Districts: record retention."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Salinas"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2003-02-14"
last_action: "2004-08-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a05877ba-cb34-4a1c-9e86-00d5f683f313"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB474"
source_hash: "305e817eb7d08d7f1ed682019a639bedd7fdd1e5d139f10363c7c169b9b4a78a"
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 474 (20032004) — Districts: record retention.

## 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=200320040AB474&version=20030AB47499INT)
2. **04/12/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB474&version=20030AB47498AMD)
3. **08/30/04 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB474&version=20030AB47496CHP)
4. **AB474** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB474)
5. **08/16/04 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB474&version=20030AB47497ENR)

## Votes

- ab 474 salinas consent calendar second day — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 474 salinas concurrence in senate amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- do pass, to consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- do pass and be placed on the consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- assembly 3rd reading ab474 salinas by torlakson — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Salinas — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-08-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 362, 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 79. Noes 0. Page 7124.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2004-08-05** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 7 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2004-08-05** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 4782.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-06-24** From Consent Calendar. To third reading.
- **2004-06-17** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-06-16** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2004-04-12** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Local Government. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-06-26** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2003-06-09** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2003-05-08** Referred to Standing Committee on Local Government. `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-10** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2003-04-10** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 1037.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-04-07** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-04-03** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (April 2). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2003-03-17** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2003-03-03** Referred to Standing Committee on Local Government. `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/a05877ba-cb34-4a1c-9e86-00d5f683f313`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).