---
type: "Bill"
title: "Online Privacy Protection Act of 2003."
description: "Online Privacy Protection Act of 2003."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 68"
citation: "California AB 68 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Online Privacy Protection Act of 2003."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Simitian"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 26
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2002-12-11"
last_action: "2003-10-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/637db0f7-6163-4abe-b8db-c62737d10ac9"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB68"
source_hash: "b31273acdce70c602b770052f3e107691188706102eb8f2556fb56112333c468"
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 68 (20032004) — Online Privacy Protection Act of 2003.

## Version chain

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

1. **12/11/02 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB68&version=20030AB6899INT)
2. **04/02/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB68&version=20030AB6898AMD)
3. **04/28/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB68&version=20030AB6897AMD)
4. **07/03/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB68&version=20030AB6896AMD)
5. **09/03/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB68&version=20030AB6895AMD)
6. **10/12/03 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB68&version=20030AB6893CHP)
7. **AB68** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB68)
8. **09/10/03 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB68&version=20030AB6894ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 68 simitian concurrence in senate amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- do pass as amended and be re-referred to the committee on business and professions. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- assembly 3rd reading ab68 simitian by kuehl — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 68 simitian assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Simitian — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-10-12** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 829, Statutes of 2003.
- **2003-10-11** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2003-09-18** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11 a.m.
- **2003-09-10** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Ayes 46. Noes 30. Page 3717.) Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 42. Noes 32. Page 3750.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2003-09-09** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 11 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2003-09-08** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 22. Noes 13. Page 2378.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-09-04** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-09-03** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-07-15** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-07-14** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2003-07-07** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice waived. (Page 1670.)
- **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 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-05-22** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-13** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2003-05-12** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 48. Noes 25. Page 1631.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-05-08** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-05-07** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 3.) (May 6). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2003-04-29** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-28** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-04-24** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection (Ayes 10. Noes 4.) (April 22). `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, committee-passage`
- **2003-04-03** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-02** 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`
- **2003-03-28** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary and Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. `referral-committee`
- **2003-01-06** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2002-12-12** From printer. May be heard in committee January 11.
- **2002-12-11** Introduced. To print. `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/637db0f7-6163-4abe-b8db-c62737d10ac9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).