---
type: "Bill"
title: "Gift certificates."
description: "Gift certificates."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 656"
citation: "California AB 656 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Gift certificates."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Corbett"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 25
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2003-02-19"
last_action: "2004-08-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4b525831-0665-4ba6-951a-47f4c0ddeae4"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB656"
source_hash: "1a32818d056143a661ea8934a325e06b62454d3696b9e6c9ad879f2827a2109e"
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 656 (20032004) — Gift certificates.

## 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=200320040AB656&version=20030AB65699INT)
2. **04/22/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB656&version=20030AB65697AMD)
3. **04/27/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB656&version=20030AB65696AMD)
4. **07/02/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB656&version=20030AB65698AMD)
5. **07/02/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB656&version=20030AB65695AMD)
6. **08/30/04 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB656&version=20030AB65693CHP)
7. **AB656** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB656)
8. **08/16/04 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB656&version=20030AB65694ENR)

## Votes

- ab 656 corbett concurrence in senate amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 656 corbett assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- assembly 3rd reading ab656 corbett by escutia — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Corbett — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-08-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 319, Statutes of 2004.
- **2004-08-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2004-08-16** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2:50 p.m.
- **2004-08-16** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 7137.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2004-08-10** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 12 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2004-08-09** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 24. Noes 10. Page 4841.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-07-02** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-07-01** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2004-06-30** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 4494.)
- **2004-04-27** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-04-22** 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`
- **2003-07-10** Joint Rule 61(a)(9) suspended. (Page 1731.)
- **2003-07-09** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2003-07-02** 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`
- **2003-06-27** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2003-06-19** In committee: Set, second hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2003-06-10** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2003-05-08** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-07** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2003-04-07** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 950.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-04-03** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-04-02** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (April 1). `committee-passage-favorable, 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/4b525831-0665-4ba6-951a-47f4c0ddeae4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).