---
type: "Bill"
title: "Ralph C. Dills Act: travel expenses."
description: "Ralph C. Dills Act: travel expenses."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 2681"
citation: "California AB 2681 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Ralph C. Dills Act: travel expenses."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Negrete McLeod"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 23
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2004-02-20"
last_action: "2004-09-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/05ff4646-5398-4fd9-8a0c-b81c730dcbf5"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2681"
source_hash: "0be8ab1cce002891062123adc4e68e8dfddeebcdbb6a5e570a647c01608b9c01"
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 2681 (20032004) — Ralph C. Dills Act: travel expenses.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/20/04 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2681&version=20030AB268199INT)
2. **04/26/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2681&version=20030AB268198AMD)
3. **08/18/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2681&version=20030AB268197AMD)
4. **09/14/04 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2681&version=20030AB268195CHP)
5. **AB2681** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2681)
6. **08/25/04 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2681&version=20030AB268196ENR)

## Votes

- assembly 3rd reading ab2681 negrete mcle by karnette — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 2681 negrete mcleod assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 2681 negrete mcleod concurrence in senate amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Negrete McLeod — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-09-14** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 504, Statutes of 2004.
- **2004-09-14** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2004-09-07** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
- **2004-08-25** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 75. Noes 4. Page 7678.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2004-08-23** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 25 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2004-08-23** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 22. Noes 5. Page 5181.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-08-19** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-08-18** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-08-09** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-08-05** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2004-07-29** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2004-06-22** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2004-06-03** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Employment and Retirement. `referral-committee`
- **2004-05-24** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2004-05-24** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 55. Noes 23. Page 5933.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-05-20** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 21. Noes 0.) (May 19). Read second time. To third reading. `committee-passage-favorable, reading-2, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-05-12** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2004-05-05** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 8. Noes 1.) (May 5). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2004-04-27** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Employees, Retirement and Social Security. `referral-committee`
- **2004-04-26** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Public Employees, Retirement and Social Security Read second time and amended. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-04-15** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Employees, Retirement and Social Security. `referral-committee`
- **2004-02-22** From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
- **2004-02-20** 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/05ff4646-5398-4fd9-8a0c-b81c730dcbf5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).