---
type: "Bill"
title: "Military artifacts: loan by California State Military Museum."
description: "Military artifacts: loan by California State Military Museum."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 542"
citation: "California AB 542 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Military artifacts: loan by California State Military Museum."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dutra"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2003-02-18"
last_action: "2003-09-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0ff30031-33aa-4dd9-b39f-6fa618e14cad"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB542"
source_hash: "0469dba53f43a203bd26abd33bf9e20e8cc01974d42e42f1076ac220768307d8"
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 542 (20032004) — Military artifacts: loan by California State Military Museum.

## 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=200320040AB542&version=20030AB54299INT)
2. **06/02/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB542&version=20030AB54298AMD)
3. **06/25/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB542&version=20030AB54297AMD)
4. **09/04/03 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB542&version=20030AB54295CHP)
5. **AB542** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB542)
6. **08/21/03 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB542&version=20030AB54296ENR)

## Votes

- ab 542 dutra consent calendar second day regular session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 542 dutra concurrence in senate amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- special consent #20 ab542 dutra — **pass** (pass) · upper
- do pass, to consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dutra — primary (person)
- Parra — author (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-09-04** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 265, Statutes of 2003.
- **2003-09-03** 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 3047.) `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`
- **2003-06-25** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-06-24** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 7. Noes 0.). `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, committee-passage`
- **2003-06-10** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2003-06-02** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-05-15** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-08** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2003-05-08** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 1564.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-05-05** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-05-01** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (April 30). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2003-04-09** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (April 8). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2003-03-06** Referred to Com. on V. A. `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/0ff30031-33aa-4dd9-b39f-6fa618e14cad`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).