---
type: "Bill"
title: "Construction defect cases."
description: "Construction defect cases."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 903"
citation: "California AB 903 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Construction defect cases."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Steinberg"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 26
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2003-02-20"
last_action: "2003-10-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ae870e77-5c4f-496f-9e58-3c730a78b96d"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB903"
source_hash: "51b57f023e9137ced4e347dbfc1975520e84643f99132cd01ef740520b601387"
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 903 (20032004) — Construction defect cases.

## 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=200320040AB903&version=20030AB90399INT)
2. **04/29/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB903&version=20030AB90398AMD)
3. **05/05/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB903&version=20030AB90397AMD)
4. **07/15/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB903&version=20030AB90396AMD)
5. **09/04/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB903&version=20030AB90395AMD)
6. **10/11/03 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB903&version=20030AB90393CHP)
7. **AB903** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB903)
8. **09/13/03 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB903&version=20030AB90394ENR)

## Votes

- do pass, to consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- consent calendar 2nd ab903 steinberg — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 903 steinberg consent calendar second day regular session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- do pass as amended. to consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- special consent cale ab903 steinberg by escutia — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Steinberg — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-10-11** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 762, Statutes of 2003.
- **2003-10-10** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2003-09-24** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2003-09-13** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 3949.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2003-09-10** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
- **2003-09-09** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2427.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-09-08** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-09-04** Action rescinded whereby the bill was read third time, passed, and to Assembly. Read third time, amended. To second reading. `passage, amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2003-07-21** In Senate. Held at Desk.
- **2003-07-21** Ordered returned to Senate.
- **2003-07-17** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 19 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2003-07-17** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 1876.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-07-15** Read second time, amended, and to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-07-14** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2003-05-29** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-15** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2003-05-15** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1709.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-05-08** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-05-07** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 6). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2003-05-06** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-05** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Judiciary Read second time and amended. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-04-30** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-29** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Judiciary Read second time and amended. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-03-03** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `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/ae870e77-5c4f-496f-9e58-3c730a78b96d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).