---
type: "Bill"
title: "Elder abuse actions: confidentiality."
description: "Elder abuse actions: confidentiality."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 634"
citation: "California AB 634 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Elder abuse actions: confidentiality."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Steinberg"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 23
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2003-02-19"
last_action: "2003-08-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a56f73a8-b7e3-4aeb-8971-30b26c3bbd99"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB634"
source_hash: "c2ceb31fef242a1822773df4b3875553026fde7a6a5005bd43a63baa0ba1edd0"
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 634 (20032004) — Elder abuse actions: confidentiality.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/19/03 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB634&version=20030AB63499INT)
2. **04/07/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB634&version=20030AB63498AMD)
3. **04/21/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB634&version=20030AB63497AMD)
4. **05/13/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB634&version=20030AB63496AMD)
5. **05/27/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB634&version=20030AB63495AMD)
6. **07/03/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB634&version=20030AB63494AMD)
7. **07/15/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB634&version=20030AB63493AMD)
8. **08/29/03 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB634&version=20030AB63491CHP)
9. **AB634** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB634)
10. **08/21/03 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB634&version=20030AB63492ENR)

## Votes

- ab 634 steinberg concurrence in senate amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- assembly 3rd reading ab634 steinberg by escutia — **pass** (pass) · upper
- do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 634 steinberg assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Steinberg — primary (person)
- Berg — coauthor (person)
- Bermudez — coauthor (person)
- Bowen — coauthor (person)
- Calderon — coauthor (person)
- Chan — coauthor (person)
- Chavez — coauthor (person)
- Chu — coauthor (person)
- Diaz — coauthor (person)
- Koretz — coauthor (person)
- Laird — coauthor (person)
- Lieber — coauthor (person)
- Lowenthal — coauthor (person)
- Montanez — principal coauthor (person)
- Pavley — coauthor (person)
- Reyes — coauthor (person)
- Romero — coauthor (person)
- Simitian — author (person)
- Speier — coauthor (person)
- Yee — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-08-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 242, Statutes of 2003.
- **2003-08-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2003-08-21** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2:45 p.m.
- **2003-08-21** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 42. Noes 31. Page 3067.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2003-07-28** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2003-07-24** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 21. Noes 12. Page 1956.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-07-15** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-07-14** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2003-07-03** 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`
- **2003-06-12** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `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 42. Noes 31. Page 2062.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-05-27** Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-05-14** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-05-13** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-05-12** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 8. Noes 3.) (May 6). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2003-04-22** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-21** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Judiciary Read second time and amended. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-04-08** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-07** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Judiciary Read second time and amended. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-02-27** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-20** From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
- **2003-02-19** 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/a56f73a8-b7e3-4aeb-8971-30b26c3bbd99`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).