---
type: "Bill"
title: "Solid waste: recycling market development."
description: "Solid waste: recycling market development."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 1873"
citation: "California AB 1873 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Solid waste: recycling market development."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hancock"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2004-02-03"
last_action: "2004-09-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c68b29ea-5ce0-45e1-8368-390b3940b1d3"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1873"
source_hash: "78d35b85dc0ffbd4e01902fea779a6c38d615f5a702ea4d2b26cb410577276d5"
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 1873 (20032004) — Solid waste: recycling market development.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/03/04 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1873&version=20030AB187399INT)
2. **05/20/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1873&version=20030AB187398AMD)
3. **09/14/04 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1873&version=20030AB187396CHP)
4. **AB1873** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1873)
5. **08/18/04 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1873&version=20030AB187397ENR)

## Votes

- ab 1873 hancock assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- placed on appropriations suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- special consent cale ab1873 hancock by poochigian — **pass** (pass) · upper
- do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hancock — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-09-14** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 500, Statutes of 2004.
- **2004-09-14** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2004-08-30** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
- **2004-08-18** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2004-08-18** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 5060.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-08-17** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-08-16** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (August 12). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2004-06-28** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **2004-06-14** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2004-06-03** Referred to Com. on ENV. QUAL. `referral-committee`
- **2004-05-26** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2004-05-25** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 6010.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-05-24** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-05-20** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 21. Noes 0.) (May 19). Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-04-14** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2004-03-23** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (March 22). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2004-02-24** Referred to Standing Committee on Natural Resources. `referral-committee`
- **2004-02-04** From printer. May be heard in committee March 5.
- **2004-02-03** 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/c68b29ea-5ce0-45e1-8368-390b3940b1d3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).