---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public contracts: disabled veteran business enterprises."
description: "Public contracts: disabled veteran business enterprises."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 669"
citation: "California AB 669 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public contracts: disabled veteran business enterprises."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cohn"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 25
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2003-02-19"
last_action: "2003-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7008a730-ed5c-47d6-95c7-02ed2bd14297"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB669"
source_hash: "0c2157ceab58a0aa66391290eac57af5c3e012ce5ef8a8cbab9fa1dcb534cf45"
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 669 (20032004) — Public contracts: disabled veteran business enterprises.

## 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=200320040AB669&version=20030AB66999INT)
2. **04/01/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB669&version=20030AB66998AMD)
3. **04/24/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB669&version=20030AB66997AMD)
4. **09/30/03 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB669&version=20030AB66995CHP)
5. **AB669** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB669)
6. **09/02/03 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB669&version=20030AB66996ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 669 cohn consent calendar second day regular session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- do pass, to consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- assembly 3rd reading ab669 cohn by soto — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Rules Recommend Consent. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- do pass and re-refer to committee on appropriations with recommendation: to consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cohn — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 623, Statutes of 2003.
- **2003-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2003-09-08** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2003-09-03** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2003-09-02** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2270.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-08-20** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-08-19** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2003-07-03** Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Veterans Affairs Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations In committee: Hearing postponed by committee. `referral-committee`
- **2003-06-19** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2003-06-10** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Rules with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2003-05-29** Referred to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization and Standing Committee on Rules. `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-15** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2003-05-15** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1711.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-05-12** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-05-08** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 7). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2003-04-30** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (April 29). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2003-04-28** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-24** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection Read second time and amended. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-04-21** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection by unanimous consent. `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-09** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (April 8). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2003-04-02** Re-referred to Com. on V. A. `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-01** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on V. A. Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-03-06** Referred to V. A. and Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. `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/7008a730-ed5c-47d6-95c7-02ed2bd14297`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).