---
type: "Bill"
title: "Voter registration."
description: "Voter registration."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 587"
citation: "California AB 587 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Voter registration."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ridley-Thomas"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2003-02-18"
last_action: "2003-09-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f128402a-cb3b-48e3-bcd4-1348019ba393"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB587"
source_hash: "10706e24e5f66d7dd6eb1dcd16b6e47fff4a72f46d1ee2242f9afb38e132779c"
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 587 (20032004) — Voter registration.

## 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=200320040AB587&version=20030AB58799INT)
2. **06/19/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB587&version=20030AB58798AMD)
3. **09/17/03 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB587&version=20030AB58796CHP)
4. **AB587** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB587)
5. **09/02/03 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB587&version=20030AB58797ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 587 ridley-thomas concurrence in senate amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 587 ridley-thomas assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- assembly 3rd reading ab587 ridley-thoma by soto — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ridley-Thomas — primary (person)
- Dymally — coauthor (person)
- Escutia — coauthor (person)
- Firebaugh — coauthor (person)
- Leno — coauthor (person)
- Levine — coauthor (person)
- Mullin — coauthor (person)
- Nunez — coauthor (person)
- Soto — coauthor (person)
- Yee — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-09-17** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 385, Statutes of 2003.
- **2003-09-16** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2003-09-09** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
- **2003-09-02** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 45. Noes 33. Page 3301.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2003-08-28** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2003-08-28** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 22. Noes 13. Page 2198.) `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`
- **2003-07-03** 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`
- **2003-06-19** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Elections and Redistricting. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-06-12** Referred to Standing Committee on Elections and Redistricting. `referral-committee`
- **2003-06-03** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2003-06-02** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 44. Noes 32. Page 2061.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-05-29** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 7.) (May 28). Read second time. To third reading. `committee-passage-favorable, reading-2, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-05-07** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-23** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (April 22). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2003-02-27** Referred to Com. on E.,R. & C.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/f128402a-cb3b-48e3-bcd4-1348019ba393`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).