---
type: "Bill"
title: "Political Reform Act of 1974: late contributions."
description: "Political Reform Act of 1974: late contributions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 890"
citation: "California AB 890 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Political Reform Act of 1974: late contributions."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Levine"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 26
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2003-02-20"
last_action: "2004-09-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5d16a6da-1590-4bb0-9e49-32e471812638"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB890"
source_hash: "d117afbc49d1e4264a22a9723aa7036d7d0b2119dd99bcec85428f1782598911"
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 890 (20032004) — Political Reform Act of 1974: late contributions.

## 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=200320040AB890&version=20030AB89099INT)
2. **05/20/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB890&version=20030AB89097AMD)
3. **08/28/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB890&version=20030AB89098AMD)
4. **09/21/04 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB890&version=20030AB89095CHP)
5. **AB890** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB890)
6. **08/26/04 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB890&version=20030AB89096ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 890 wesson assembly third reading by parra — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- assembly 3rd reading ab890 levine by kuehl — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Levine — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-09-21** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 623, Statutes of 2004.
- **2004-09-21** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2004-09-10** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3:45 p.m.
- **2004-08-26** Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 78. Noes 1. Page 7812.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2004-08-25** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 7721.)
- **2004-08-24** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 26 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2004-08-24** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. (Ayes 30. Noes 1. Page 5245.) `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`
- **2004-06-16** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2004-06-01** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2004-05-20** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Elections and Redistricting. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-04-27** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2004-01-28** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Elections and Redistricting. `referral-committee`
- **2003-08-28** From inactive file. To second reading. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-07-15** To inactive file on motion of Senator Chesbro.
- **2003-07-09** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-07-08** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2003-05-15** Referred to Standing Committee on Veterans Affairs. `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-01** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2003-05-01** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 1383.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-04-10** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-04-09** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (April 8). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2003-03-03** Referred to Com. on V. A. `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/5d16a6da-1590-4bb0-9e49-32e471812638`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).