---
type: "Bill"
title: "State employees: dismissed employees."
description: "State employees: dismissed employees."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 577"
citation: "California AB 577 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State employees: dismissed employees."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jerome Horton"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 24
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2003-02-18"
last_action: "2003-10-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e3a1ba55-a7d5-41ba-bccf-7d771a307650"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB577"
source_hash: "099a548674b45bd8f1a9dfb4334ee9b48cf311fd73a59d35b1613e716c236b64"
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 577 (20032004) — State employees: dismissed employees.

## 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=200320040AB577&version=20030AB57799INT)
2. **03/24/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB577&version=20030AB57798AMD)
3. **06/27/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB577&version=20030AB57797AMD)
4. **10/12/03 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB577&version=20030AB57795CHP)
5. **AB577** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB577)
6. **09/09/03 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB577&version=20030AB57796ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 577 horton,j concurrence in senate amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 577 horton,j assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- assembly 3rd reading ab577 jerome horto — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jerome Horton — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-10-12** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 836, Statutes of 2003.
- **2003-10-11** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2003-09-19** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11 a.m.
- **2003-09-09** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 72. Noes 6. Page 3669.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2003-09-05** Passed on file.
- **2003-08-28** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2003-08-27** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 2. Page 2175.) `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`
- **2003-07-01** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 3. Noes 2.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2003-06-27** 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 Employment and Retirement. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-06-23** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2003-06-09** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2003-05-15** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Employment and Retirement. `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 51. Noes 20. Page 1543.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-05-05** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-05-01** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 18. Noes 6.) (April 30). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2003-04-23** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 23). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2003-03-25** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Employees, Retirement and Social Security. `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-24** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Public Employees, Retirement and Social Security Read second time and amended. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-02-27** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Employees, Retirement and Social Security. `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/e3a1ba55-a7d5-41ba-bccf-7d771a307650`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).