---
type: "Bill"
title: "Agriculture: grape rootstock."
description: "Agriculture: grape rootstock."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 887"
citation: "California AB 887 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Agriculture: grape rootstock."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Agriculture"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2003-02-20"
last_action: "2003-08-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/85fdb2a6-a03a-4609-82f6-4cc70db19d6b"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB887"
source_hash: "aceb417ebf45958e3d6347a26256d8f92f511a6f665f39225586385843d7d94f"
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 887 (20032004) — Agriculture: grape rootstock.

## 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=200320040AB887&version=20030AB88799INT)
2. **08/04/03 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB887&version=20030AB88797CHP)
3. **AB887** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB887)
4. **07/17/03 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB887&version=20030AB88798ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 887 agri. assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- do pass and re-refer to committee on appropriations with recommendation: to consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- assembly 3rd reading ab887 committee on agri. (matthews) by chesbro — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Committee on Agriculture — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-08-04** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 179, Statutes of 2003.
- **2003-08-03** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2003-07-21** Enrolled and to the Governor at 12:30 p.m.
- **2003-07-17** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2003-07-17** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 32. Noes 2. Page 1869.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-06-26** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-06-25** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2003-06-17** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2003-05-15** Referred to Com. on AGR. & WAT. RES. `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-28** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2003-04-28** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 1. Page 1310.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-04-21** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-04-10** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 23. Noes 1.) (April 9). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2003-04-03** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 2). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2003-03-17** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2003-03-03** Referred to Standing Committee on Agriculture. `referral-committee`
- **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/85fdb2a6-a03a-4609-82f6-4cc70db19d6b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).