---
type: "Bill"
title: "Local government records: recordings: public transit systems."
description: "Local government records: recordings: public transit systems."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 839"
citation: "California AB 839 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Local government records: recordings: public transit systems."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Salinas"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2003-02-20"
last_action: "2003-09-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0f28b678-4b06-45d1-93c3-111945608667"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB839"
source_hash: "3e358463ab182594939fb9d4348dfbc6c0e83542d50fce33d60b3e22ff48b408"
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 839 (20032004) — Local government records: recordings: public transit systems.

## 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=200320040AB839&version=20030AB83999INT)
2. **07/03/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB839&version=20030AB83998AMD)
3. **08/28/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB839&version=20030AB83997AMD)
4. **09/29/03 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB839&version=20030AB83995CHP)
5. **AB839** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB839)
6. **09/05/03 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB839&version=20030AB83996ENR)

## Votes

- ab 839 salinas assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- assembly 3rd reading ab839 salinas by torlakson — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 839 salinas concurrence in senate amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Salinas — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-09-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 564, Statutes of 2003.
- **2003-09-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2003-09-16** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11 a.m.
- **2003-09-05** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3447.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2003-09-03** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 5 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2003-09-02** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 25. Noes 11. Page 2277.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-08-29** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-08-28** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-07-15** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-07-14** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2003-07-03** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-05-21** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Judiciary Re-referred. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2003-05-08** Referred to Standing Committee on Local Government and Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-10** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2003-04-10** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 1028.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-04-07** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-04-03** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 2). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2003-03-17** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2003-03-03** Referred to Standing Committee on Local Government. `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-21** From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
- **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/0f28b678-4b06-45d1-93c3-111945608667`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).