---
type: "Bill"
title: "Migrant farm labor centers."
description: "Migrant farm labor centers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 868"
citation: "California AB 868 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Migrant farm labor centers."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Parra"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 23
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2003-02-20"
last_action: "2004-09-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f527d776-29ca-4361-9b7f-c871e412f58e"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB868"
source_hash: "56990a111b339af4ccc8caf0391f34db049c0548cb09fda0a48b44e760e5685d"
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 868 (20032004) — Migrant farm labor centers.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/20/03 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB868&version=20030AB86899INT)
2. **01/05/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB868&version=20030AB86897AMD)
3. **01/22/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB868&version=20030AB86896AMD)
4. **04/21/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB868&version=20030AB86898AMD)
5. **06/02/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB868&version=20030AB86895AMD)
6. **06/14/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB868&version=20030AB86894AMD)
7. **09/21/04 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB868&version=20030AB86892CHP)
8. **AB868** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB868)
9. **08/16/04 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB868&version=20030AB86893ENR)

## Votes

- assembly 3rd reading ab868 parra by ducheny — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 868 parra concurrence in senate amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 868 parra assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Parra — primary (person)
- Salinas — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-09-21** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 671, Statutes of 2004.
- **2004-09-21** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2004-08-20** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2:15 p.m.
- **2004-08-16** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 77. Noes 2. Page 7124.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2004-08-05** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 7 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2004-08-05** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 24. Noes 7. Page 4786.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-06-30** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-06-29** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2004-06-14** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-06-10** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 5. Noes 0.). `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, committee-passage`
- **2004-06-02** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Housing and Community Development. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-02-17** Referred to Standing Committee on Housing and Community Development. `referral-committee`
- **2004-01-29** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2004-01-29** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 4410.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-01-26** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-01-22** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 23. Noes 0.) (January 21). Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-01-14** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (January 14). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2004-01-06** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Housing and Community Development. `referral-committee`
- **2004-01-05** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Housing and Community Development Read second time and amended. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-04-22** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Housing and Community Development. `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-21** Referred to Standing Committee on Housing and Community Development From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Housing and Community Development Read second time and amended. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-02-21** From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
- **2003-02-20** 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/f527d776-29ca-4361-9b7f-c871e412f58e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).