---
type: "Bill"
title: "Deferred deposit transactions."
description: "Deferred deposit transactions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 971"
citation: "California AB 971 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Deferred deposit transactions."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Correa"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 26
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2003-02-20"
last_action: "2004-02-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f9d417e1-6d9a-4a95-98bb-67414ae405fc"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB971"
source_hash: "c3cf117319f46b48b56c2f83be657ac9d7b339ad71976e1e956aebfa9202b371"
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 971 (20032004) — Deferred deposit transactions.

## 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=200320040AB971&version=20030AB97199INT)
2. **01/12/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB971&version=20030AB97197AMD)
3. **01/26/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB971&version=20030AB97196AMD)
4. **02/04/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB971&version=20030AB97195AMD)
5. **02/09/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB971&version=20030AB97194AMD)
6. **02/23/04 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB971&version=20030AB97192CHP)
7. **05/29/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB971&version=20030AB97198AMD)
8. **AB971** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB971)
9. **02/19/04 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB971&version=20030AB97193ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- senate amendments be concurred in. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 971 correa assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- assembly 3rd reading ab971 correa by perata — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 971 correa concurrence- urgency added — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Correa — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-02-23** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 17, Statutes of 2004.
- **2004-02-20** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2004-02-19** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3:15 p.m.
- **2004-02-19** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 4596.) From committee: With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (February 19). Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 68. Noes 0. Page 4601.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2004-02-18** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Banking and Finance pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee`
- **2004-02-17** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after February 19 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2004-02-17** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 2931.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-02-11** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-02-10** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.). From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2004-02-09** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-02-04** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-02-02** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2004-01-26** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-01-22** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2004-01-14** Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules. `referral-committee`
- **2004-01-12** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Employment and Retirement. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-06-17** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2003-06-12** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Employment and Retirement. `referral-committee`
- **2003-06-03** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2003-06-02** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 47. Noes 31. Page 2039.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-05-29** Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-05-08** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-05-07** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 2.) (May 7). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2003-04-07** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Employees, Retirement and Social Security. `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/f9d417e1-6d9a-4a95-98bb-67414ae405fc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).