---
type: "Bill"
title: "Air quality: Nontoxic Dry Cleaning Incentive Program."
description: "Air quality: Nontoxic Dry Cleaning Incentive Program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 998"
citation: "California AB 998 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Air quality: Nontoxic Dry Cleaning Incentive Program."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lowenthal"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 25
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2003-02-20"
last_action: "2003-10-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/43a7d940-b6f5-4d59-88ab-a5edfd7c9a7d"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB998"
source_hash: "f02a258dbb065ea79a125c801221a982a52de695b3d009eb688f8106b5fe958f"
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 998 (20032004) — Air quality: Nontoxic Dry Cleaning Incentive Program.

## 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=200320040AB998&version=20030AB99899INT)
2. **03/25/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB998&version=20030AB99898AMD)
3. **04/10/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB998&version=20030AB99897AMD)
4. **07/02/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB998&version=20030AB99896AMD)
5. **07/15/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB998&version=20030AB99895AMD)
6. **09/03/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB998&version=20030AB99894AMD)
7. **10/11/03 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB998&version=20030AB99892CHP)
8. **AB998** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB998)
9. **09/08/03 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB998&version=20030AB99893ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 998 lowenthal concurrence in senate amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- assembly 3rd reading ab998 lowenthal by kuehl — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 998 lowenthal assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- placed on appropriations suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Lowenthal — primary (person)
- Koretz — author (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-10-11** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 821, Statutes of 2003.
- **2003-10-10** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2003-09-17** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11 a.m.
- **2003-09-08** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 49. Noes 30. Page 3568.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2003-09-05** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2003-09-04** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 23. Noes 14. Page 2338.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-09-03** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-09-02** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 5.). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2003-08-18** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **2003-07-15** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `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 Appropriations (Ayes 5. Noes 2.). `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, committee-passage`
- **2003-07-02** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on ENV. QUAL. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-06-19** Referred to Com. on ENV. QUAL. `referral-committee`
- **2003-06-05** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2003-06-04** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 49. Noes 30. Page 2209.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-05-29** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 7.) (May 28). Read second time. To third reading. `committee-passage-favorable, reading-2, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-04-30** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-21** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-10** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-04-09** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (April 8). `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, committee-passage`
- **2003-03-26** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials. `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-25** 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`
- **2003-03-13** 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/43a7d940-b6f5-4d59-88ab-a5edfd7c9a7d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).