---
type: "Bill"
title: "Death certificates: peace officers."
description: "Death certificates: peace officers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 540"
citation: "California AB 540 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Death certificates: peace officers."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bogh"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 25
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2003-02-18"
last_action: "2003-09-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c598a3b3-bc99-432c-a7c6-b2c1fecf26aa"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB540"
source_hash: "e93bac6c2aac3a8442fd705c6abf6de67e57a749b6b3bb2958200f26c8663d3f"
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 540 (20032004) — Death certificates: peace officers.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/18/03 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB540&version=20030AB54099INT)
2. **05/06/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB540&version=20030AB54098AMD)
3. **05/19/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB540&version=20030AB54097AMD)
4. **05/22/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB540&version=20030AB54096AMD)
5. **06/30/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB540&version=20030AB54095AMD)
6. **09/05/03 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB540&version=20030AB54093CHP)
7. **AB540** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB540)
8. **08/21/03 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB540&version=20030AB54094ENR)

## Votes

- ab 540 bogh assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- special consent #20 ab540 bogh — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 540 bogh concurrence in senate amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bogh — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-09-05** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 307, Statutes of 2003.
- **2003-09-04** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2003-08-26** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
- **2003-08-21** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 3046.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2003-07-24** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 26 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2003-07-21** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 1914.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-07-15** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-07-14** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2003-07-11** (Corrected July 10. )
- **2003-06-30** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-06-27** 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`
- **2003-06-05** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-28** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2003-05-27** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1905.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-05-22** Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-05-20** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-05-19** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-05-15** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 24. Noes 0.) (May 14). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **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 24. Noes 1.) (April 29). `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, committee-passage`
- **2003-03-13** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Health by unanimous consent. `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-27** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-19** From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
- **2003-02-18** 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/c598a3b3-bc99-432c-a7c6-b2c1fecf26aa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).