---
type: "Bill"
title: "Water quality."
description: "Water quality."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 897"
citation: "California AB 897 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Water quality."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jackson"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 26
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2003-02-20"
last_action: "2003-10-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6772bd78-3ce6-47e7-9905-f3641f83f600"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB897"
source_hash: "3ad706fff1f3e74272b7c7b85531fb2bee27a6986aa2748b2c0b5680a830d6be"
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 897 (20032004) — Water quality.

## 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=200320040AB897&version=20030AB89799INT)
2. **04/21/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB897&version=20030AB89798AMD)
3. **06/02/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB897&version=20030AB89797AMD)
4. **06/03/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB897&version=20030AB89796AMD)
5. **07/15/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB897&version=20030AB89795AMD)
6. **09/08/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB897&version=20030AB89794AMD)
7. **10/09/03 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB897&version=20030AB89792CHP)
8. **AB897** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB897)
9. **09/11/03 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB897&version=20030AB89793ENR)

## Votes

- ab 897 jackson concurrence in senate amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Rules. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 897 jackson assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- assembly 3rd reading ab897 jackson by sher — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jackson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-10-09** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 683, Statutes of 2003.
- **2003-10-08** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2003-09-23** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2003-09-11** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 45. Noes 33. Page 3782.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2003-09-10** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2003-09-09** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 23. Noes 14. Page 2430.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-09-08** Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-08-20** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-08-19** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 4.) (August 18). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2003-07-16** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2003-07-15** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-07-14** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Rules (Ayes 4. Noes 2.). `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, committee-passage`
- **2003-06-19** Referred to ENV. QUAL. and Standing Committee on Rules. `referral-committee`
- **2003-06-09** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2003-06-05** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 45. Noes 33. Page 2306.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-06-03** Read second time. To third reading. Assembly Rule 69(b)(1) suspended. Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-06-02** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 17. Noes 7.) (May 28). Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-05-21** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-30** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (April 29). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2003-04-22** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials. `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-21** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials Read second time and amended. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-04-08** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2003-04-03** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2003-03-03** Referred to Standing Committee on Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials. `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-23** From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
- **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/6772bd78-3ce6-47e7-9905-f3641f83f600`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).