---
type: "Bill"
title: "Subdivision Map Act: subdividers."
description: "Subdivision Map Act: subdividers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 953"
citation: "California AB 953 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Subdivision Map Act: subdividers."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Houston"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 31
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2003-02-20"
last_action: "2003-10-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b7b6f457-08ec-491b-8bd7-8dc1e82a0e21"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB953"
source_hash: "d84aaa01c13f484cda67a657897149f8ee8a6ec26ee67fd27cc904915db23799"
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 953 (20032004) — Subdivision Map Act: subdividers.

## 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=200320040AB953&version=20030AB95399INT)
2. **03/26/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB953&version=20030AB95398AMD)
3. **05/05/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB953&version=20030AB95397AMD)
4. **06/02/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB953&version=20030AB95396AMD)
5. **06/25/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB953&version=20030AB95395AMD)
6. **07/02/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB953&version=20030AB95394AMD)
7. **07/15/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB953&version=20030AB95393AMD)
8. **09/08/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB953&version=20030AB95392AMD)
9. **10/09/03 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB953&version=20030AB95390CHP)
10. **AB953** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB953)
11. **09/13/03 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB953&version=20030AB95391ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- special consent #20 ab953 houston — **pass** (pass) · upper
- do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- special consent cale ab953 houston by torlakson — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 953 houston assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Houston — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-10-09** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 728, Statutes of 2003.
- **2003-10-08** 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 56. Noes 2. Page 3920.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2003-09-12** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2003-09-10** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2477.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-09-08** Action rescinded whereby the bill was read third time, passed, and to Assembly. Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. `passage, amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2003-08-19** In Senate. Held at Desk.
- **2003-08-18** Ordered returned to Senate.
- **2003-07-24** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 26 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2003-07-21** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 1912.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-07-15** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-07-14** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2003-07-02** In committee: Testimony taken. hearing postponed by Committee.
- **2003-07-02** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Local Government. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-06-25** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Local Government. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-06-12** Referred to Standing Committee on Local Government. `referral-committee`
- **2003-06-04** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2003-06-03** Assembly Rule 69(d) suspended. Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 2132.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-06-02** Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-05-12** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-05-08** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (May 7). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2003-05-06** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Local Government. `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-05** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Local Government Read second time and amended. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-04-30** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2003-04-10** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2003-03-27** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Local Government. `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-26** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Local Government Read second time and amended. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-03-03** Referred to Standing Committee on Local Government. `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/b7b6f457-08ec-491b-8bd7-8dc1e82a0e21`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).