---
type: "Bill"
title: "State emblems: official state tall ship."
description: "State emblems: official state tall ship."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 965"
citation: "California AB 965 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State emblems: official state tall ship."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kehoe"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 18
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2003-02-20"
last_action: "2003-07-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0a69e8a0-3a29-434e-86c1-ec863b58ecce"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB965"
source_hash: "5791e10e31d1ddcf082e21adb4e2d98d115096992f4608f2c9af0637b7f83a53"
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 965 (20032004) — State emblems: official state tall ship.

## 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=200320040AB965&version=20030AB96599INT)
2. **06/03/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB965&version=20030AB96598AMD)
3. **07/24/03 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB965&version=20030AB96596CHP)
4. **AB965** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB965)
5. **07/10/03 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB965&version=20030AB96597ENR)

## Votes

- consent calendar 2nd ab965 kehoe — **pass** (pass) · upper
- do pass and be placed on the consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 965 kehoe consent calendar second day regular session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- do pass, to consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 965 kehoe concurrence in senate amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kehoe — primary (person)
- Alpert — coauthor (person)
- Cox — coauthor (person)
- Ducheny — coauthor (person)
- Haynes — coauthor (person)
- Hollingsworth — coauthor (person)
- Kuehl — coauthor (person)
- La Suer — coauthor (person)
- Laird — coauthor (person)
- Pavley — coauthor (person)
- Plescia — coauthor (person)
- Shirley Horton — coauthor (person)
- Soto — coauthor (person)
- Wyland — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-07-24** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 113, Statutes of 2003.
- **2003-07-23** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2003-07-14** Enrolled and to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2003-07-10** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 2726.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2003-07-07** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 9 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2003-07-07** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 1668.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-07-02** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-07-01** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2003-06-23** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2003-06-03** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-05-08** Referred to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization. `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-24** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2003-04-24** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 1252.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-04-10** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-04-09** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (April 8). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2003-03-13** Referred to Standing Committee on Arts, Entertainment, Sports, Tourism, and Internet Media. `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/0a69e8a0-3a29-434e-86c1-ec863b58ecce`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).