republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20032004-special-session-5/ab-8.md

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Bill	Ballot measures.	Ballot measures.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20032004 Special Session 5	AB 8	California AB 8 (20032004 Special Session 5)	bill	Ballot measures.	enacted	Oropeza	4	9	4	2003-12-03	2003-12-12	openstates	ocd-bill/ea071b57-c151-4cfa-9779-7d356f40500d	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320045AB8	000029c9d96e4a8811a8d10d511d38401e3adb85f3d663347ac7af84a5669885	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 8 (20032004 Special Session 5) — Ballot measures.

Version chain

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

1. 12/03/03 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 12/11/03 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. AB8 (committee substitute) — source
4. 12/12/03 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• ab8 oropeza third reading urgency fifth extraordinary session — pass (pass) · lower
• do pass and be re-referred to the committee on elections, redistricting and constitutional amend. — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — pass (pass) · lower
• w/o ref. to file ab8 oropeza by machado — pass (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Oropeza — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2003-12-12 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 1, Statutes of 2003-04 Fifth Extraordinary Session.
• 2003-12-12 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2003-12-12 Enrolled and to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
• 2003-12-12 In Assembly. To enrollment.
• 2003-12-12 In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. Art. IV, Sec. 8(b) of the Constitution suspended. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 28.) Read second time. To third reading. Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. (Ayes 31. Noes 7. Page 30.). passage, reading-3, reading-2, reading-1
• 2003-12-11 Read second time. To third reading. Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. Art. IV, Sec. 8(b) of the Constitution suspended. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 47.) Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 48.) passage, amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-2, reading-1
• 2003-12-05 Read first time. From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on E.,R. & C.A. Re-referred. (Ayes 19. Noes 9.) (December 5). From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (December 5). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, reading-1
• 2003-12-04 From printer. Referred to Standing Committee on Budget. referral-committee
• 2003-12-03 Introduced. To print. introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ea071b57-c151-4cfa-9779-7d356f40500d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).