---
type: "Bill"
title: "Crimes."
description: "Crimes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 49"
citation: "California AB 49 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crimes."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Simitian"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 21
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2002-12-02"
last_action: "2003-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2d780cf4-0e47-4f82-9292-3f7112cb73c6"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB49"
source_hash: "d213bc5849540c156528a16ae1912f5257671def1b0dd14529f00602a38ea144"
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 49 (20032004) — Crimes.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **12/02/02 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB49&version=20030AB4999INT)
2. **06/12/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB49&version=20030AB4998AMD)
3. **06/24/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB49&version=20030AB4997AMD)
4. **09/08/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB49&version=20030AB4996AMD)
5. **09/30/03 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB49&version=20030AB4994CHP)
6. **AB49** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB49)
7. **09/11/03 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB49&version=20030AB4995ENR)

## Votes

- ab 49 simitian concurrence in senate amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 49 simitian assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- special consent cale ab49 simitian — **pass** (pass) · upper
- do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- placed on appropriations suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Simitian — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 618, Statutes of 2003.
- **2003-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2003-09-22** Enrolled and to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2003-09-11** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3797.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2003-09-10** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2003-09-10** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2476.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-09-08** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.). Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-07-14** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **2003-06-24** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-06-23** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 4. Noes 0.). `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, committee-passage`
- **2003-06-12** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-06-03** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2003-05-15** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `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, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 1. Page 1299.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-04-07** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-04-03** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 25. Noes 0.) (April 2). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2003-02-27** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (February 25). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2003-01-13** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2002-12-03** From printer. May be heard in committee January 2.
- **2002-12-02** 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/2d780cf4-0e47-4f82-9292-3f7112cb73c6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).