republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20032004/ab-1356.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Tourism: Office of Tourism."
description: "Tourism: Office of Tourism."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 1356"
citation: "California AB 1356 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Tourism: Office of Tourism."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cohn"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 23
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2003-02-21"
last_action: "2004-08-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f06867ea-506f-4323-9806-fff45adb3a4a"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1356"
source_hash: "59f541bc3a7043bf5f05c08da0a508055f0550738517d5837e90b692a5137e4a"
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 1356 (20032004) — Tourism: Office of Tourism.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/21/03 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1356&version=20030AB135699INT)
2. **01/06/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1356&version=20030AB135698AMD)
3. **02/26/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1356&version=20030AB135697AMD)
4. **03/08/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1356&version=20030AB135696AMD)
5. **06/28/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1356&version=20030AB135695AMD)
6. **08/25/04 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1356&version=20030AB135693CHP)
7. **AB1356** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1356)
8. **08/12/04 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1356&version=20030AB135694ENR)

## Votes

- ab 1356 cohn concurrence- urgency added — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 1356 cohn consent calendar second day regular session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- do pass as amended, to consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- special consent cale ab1356 cohn by alpert — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cohn — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-08-25** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 296, Statutes of 2004.
- **2004-08-24** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2004-08-16** Enrolled and to the Governor at 5 p.m.
- **2004-08-12** Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 76. Noes 2. Page 7025.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2004-07-02** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 4 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2004-07-01** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4542.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-06-28** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-06-24** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2004-06-09** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2004-03-08** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-02-26** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-02-17** Referred to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization. `referral-committee`
- **2004-01-29** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2004-01-29** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 4392.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-01-22** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (January 21). Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `committee-passage-favorable, reading-2, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-01-13** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (January 13). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2004-01-07** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Arts, Entertainment, Sports, Tourism, and Internet Media. `referral-committee`
- **2004-01-06** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Arts, Entertainment, Sports, Tourism, and Internet Media Read second time and amended. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-04-08** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2003-03-06** Referred to Standing Committee on Arts, Entertainment, Sports, Tourism, and Internet Media. `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-24** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2003-02-23** From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
- **2003-02-21** Introduced. To print. `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f06867ea-506f-4323-9806-fff45adb3a4a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).