---
type: "Bill"
title: "Agriculture."
description: "Agriculture."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 776"
citation: "California AB 776 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Agriculture."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Matthews"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 24
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2003-02-19"
last_action: "2003-10-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/51064aa6-09f6-4abb-bf84-1e0cdb10ad11"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB776"
source_hash: "1b1fa5bcf0a1268c1a12d911e3e051e84f3680bc862ba75a592e805e6857e1a3"
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 776 (20032004) — Agriculture.

## 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=200320040AB776&version=20030AB77699INT)
2. **03/24/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB776&version=20030AB77698AMD)
3. **05/01/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB776&version=20030AB77697AMD)
4. **06/26/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB776&version=20030AB77696AMD)
5. **08/27/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB776&version=20030AB77695AMD)
6. **10/09/03 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB776&version=20030AB77693CHP)
7. **AB776** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB776)
8. **09/08/03 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB776&version=20030AB77694ENR)

## Votes

- assembly 3rd reading ab776 matthews by machado — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 776 matthews assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 776 matthews concurrence in senate amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Be referred to Committee on Governmental Organization. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Matthews — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-10-09** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 726, Statutes of 2003.
- **2003-10-08** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2003-09-17** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11 a.m.
- **2003-09-08** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3563.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2003-09-05** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2003-09-04** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2333.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-08-28** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-08-27** 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: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2003-07-02** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2003-06-26** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on AGR. & WAT. RES. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-06-12** Re-referred to Com. on AGR. & WAT. RES. `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-15** Referred to Standing Committee on Rules. `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-05** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2003-05-05** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 69. Noes 1. Page 1443.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-05-01** Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-04-29** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-04-28** Withdrawn from committee. Ordered placed on second reading file.
- **2003-04-10** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 9). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2003-03-25** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Health. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Agriculture by unanimous consent. `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-24** Referred to Standing Committee on Health. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Health. Read second time and amended. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **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/51064aa6-09f6-4abb-bf84-1e0cdb10ad11`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).