republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20032004/ab-1020.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Flood control: local cooperation."
description: "Flood control: local cooperation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 1020"
citation: "California AB 1020 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Flood control: local cooperation."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Steinberg"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 27
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2003-02-20"
last_action: "2004-09-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f86c9cae-e7e5-4268-808c-bd06cf516d3c"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1020"
source_hash: "3cb04e75621f3f12189339e8bdf309007cda445dd83d24ab7a3576a553f36959"
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 1020 (20032004) — Flood control: local cooperation.

## 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=200320040AB1020&version=20030AB102099INT)
2. **05/08/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1020&version=20030AB102098AMD)
3. **07/22/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1020&version=20030AB102097AMD)
4. **08/23/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1020&version=20030AB102095AMD)
5. **09/08/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1020&version=20030AB102096AMD)
6. **09/24/04 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1020&version=20030AB102093CHP)
7. **AB1020** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1020)
8. **08/27/04 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1020&version=20030AB102094ENR)

## Votes

- assembly 3rd reading ab1020 steinberg by machado — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Judiciary. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Judiciary. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 1020 steinberg concurrence in senate amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 1020 laird assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Steinberg — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-09-24** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 749, Statutes of 2004.
- **2004-09-24** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2004-09-16** Enrolled and to the Governor at 10:30 a.m.
- **2004-08-27** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 7982.) From committee: With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (August 27). Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 7983.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2004-08-27** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 7896.)
- **2004-08-26** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 28 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Water, Parks and Wildlife pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 7864.). `referral-committee`
- **2004-08-26** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 31. Noes 0. Page 5394.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-08-25** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.). Read second time. To third reading. `committee-passage-favorable, reading-2, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-08-24** From committee: Re-refer to Com. on AGR. & WAT. RES. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10. Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) `committee-passage`
- **2004-08-23** Read second time. To third reading. Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-08-19** From inactive file. To second reading.
- **2004-01-26** To inactive file on motion of Senator Sher.
- **2003-09-08** Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-07-22** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-07-21** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 4. Noes 2.). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2003-07-10** Joint Rule 61(a)(9) suspended. (Page 1731.)
- **2003-06-24** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Judiciary Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2003-05-29** Referred to ENV. QUAL. and Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-20** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2003-05-19** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 44. Noes 31. Page 1752.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-05-12** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-05-08** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-05-07** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 10. Noes 4.) (May 6). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2003-04-30** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Judiciary Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (April 29). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2003-03-13** Referred to Standing Committee on Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials and Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-23** From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
- **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/f86c9cae-e7e5-4268-808c-bd06cf516d3c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).