---
type: "Bill"
title: "Racial discrimination: definition."
description: "Racial discrimination: definition."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 703"
citation: "California AB 703 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Racial discrimination: definition."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dymally"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 19
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2003-02-19"
last_action: "2003-08-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a4d13ac7-502e-41e5-8889-386ef5aa5c50"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB703"
source_hash: "2c15af5f0f2f5e22423b1d8ee3b2f909add96dda000a7b4b2a8a016150e1158b"
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 703 (20032004) — Racial discrimination: definition.

## 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=200320040AB703&version=20030AB70399INT)
2. **05/19/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB703&version=20030AB70398AMD)
3. **06/25/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB703&version=20030AB70397AMD)
4. **08/11/03 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB703&version=20030AB70395CHP)
5. **AB703** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB703)
6. **07/24/03 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB703&version=20030AB70396ENR)

## Votes

- ab 703 dymally concurrence in senate amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- assembly 3rd reading ab703 dymally by kuehl — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 703 dymally assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dymally — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-08-11** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 211, Statutes of 2003.
- **2003-08-09** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2003-07-28** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2003-07-24** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 46. Noes 26. Page 2875.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2003-07-17** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 19 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2003-07-17** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 23. Noes 13. Page 1867.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-06-25** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-06-24** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2003-06-10** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2003-06-05** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-23** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2003-05-22** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 48. Noes 27. Page 1819.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-05-19** Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-05-08** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-05-07** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 1.) (May 6). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2003-04-01** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **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/a4d13ac7-502e-41e5-8889-386ef5aa5c50`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).