---
type: "Bill"
title: "Appeals: nuisance."
description: "Appeals: nuisance."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 1639"
citation: "California AB 1639 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appeals: nuisance."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Firebaugh"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 17
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2003-02-21"
last_action: "2003-07-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c4c299ad-895f-424d-91af-f4b8d2f4f6f8"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1639"
source_hash: "41534d85479b66a5d288607c29db9aeff6fd20cf632e04e5c309c14c7030badb"
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 1639 (20032004) — Appeals: nuisance.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **02/21/03 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1639&version=20030AB163999INT)
2. **05/06/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1639&version=20030AB163998AMD)
3. **07/02/03 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1639&version=20030AB163996CHP)
4. **AB1639** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1639)
5. **06/24/03 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1639&version=20030AB163997ENR)

## Votes

- special consent #16 ab1639 firebaugh — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- do pass as amended, to consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 1639 firebaugh consent calendar second day — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Firebaugh — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-07-02** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 31, Statutes of 2003.
- **2003-07-02** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2003-06-27** Enrolled and to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2003-06-26** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2003-06-24** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1456.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-06-19** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-06-18** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2003-05-22** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-13** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2003-05-12** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1631.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-05-07** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-05-06** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-05-05** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. (April 22). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2003-03-10** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-24** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2003-02-23** From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
- **2003-02-21** Introduced. To print. `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c4c299ad-895f-424d-91af-f4b8d2f4f6f8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).