---
type: "Bill"
title: "Search warrants: identity theft."
description: "Search warrants: identity theft."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 1773"
citation: "California AB 1773 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Search warrants: identity theft."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Banking and Finance"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 17
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2003-03-13"
last_action: "2003-07-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9b0b17a1-8f26-463d-af0a-d1b2f1d59595"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1773"
source_hash: "dde50fea109364f7b70826264476249ae9d5a84c033330fe1530b96d1602cce6"
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 1773 (20032004) — Search warrants: identity theft.

## Version chain

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

1. **03/13/03 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1773&version=20030AB177399INT)
2. **05/14/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1773&version=20030AB177398AMD)
3. **07/30/03 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1773&version=20030AB177396CHP)
4. **AB1773** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1773)
5. **07/15/03 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1773&version=20030AB177397ENR)

## Votes

- special consent #19 ab1773 committee on bank. & fin. (wiggin — **pass** (pass) · upper
- do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- do pass and be re-referred to the committee on public safety to consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 1773 b.& f. assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Committee on Banking and Finance — primary (person)
- Bogh — coauthor (person)
- Strickland — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-07-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 137, Statutes of 2003.
- **2003-07-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2003-07-18** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11:45 a.m.
- **2003-07-16** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2003-07-15** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 1827.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-07-10** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-07-09** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2003-06-05** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-23** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2003-05-23** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 70. Noes 0. Page 1885.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-05-15** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-05-14** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-05-13** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (May 6). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2003-04-22** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Public Safety with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (April 21). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2003-03-20** Referred to Standing Committee on Banking and Finance and Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-14** From printer. May be heard in committee April 13.
- **2003-03-13** 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/9b0b17a1-8f26-463d-af0a-d1b2f1d59595`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).