---
type: "Bill"
title: "Tenancy: code violations: penalties."
description: "Tenancy: code violations: penalties."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 647"
citation: "California AB 647 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Tenancy: code violations: penalties."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nunez"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 17
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2003-02-19"
last_action: "2003-07-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0e1425cb-a64f-4287-8b73-246afaa0588b"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB647"
source_hash: "084d00e7351af7856c25c54eb3cbd4375ce1175768c81832514a19e8743355c8"
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 647 (20032004) — Tenancy: code violations: penalties.

## 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=200320040AB647&version=20030AB64799INT)
2. **04/08/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB647&version=20030AB64798AMD)
3. **07/01/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB647&version=20030AB64797AMD)
4. **07/24/03 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB647&version=20030AB64795CHP)
5. **AB647** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB647)
6. **07/10/03 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB647&version=20030AB64796ENR)

## Votes

- ab 647 nunez concurrence in senate amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 647 nunez assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- assembly 3rd reading ab647 nunez by ducheny — **pass** (pass) · upper
- do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Nunez — primary (person)
- Levine — coauthor (person)
- Lieber — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-07-24** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 109, Statutes of 2003.
- **2003-07-23** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2003-07-14** Enrolled and to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2003-07-10** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 58. Noes 14. Page 2730.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2003-07-07** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 9 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2003-07-07** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 23. Noes 13. Page 1664.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-07-01** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-06-30** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2003-05-08** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-10** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2003-04-10** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 59. Noes 6. Page 1033.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-04-09** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-04-08** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-04-07** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 1). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **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/0e1425cb-a64f-4287-8b73-246afaa0588b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).