republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20032004/ab-1541.md

type, title, description, jurisdiction, legislature, session, identifier, citation, classification, subjects, status, primary_sponsors, version_count, action_count, vote_count, first_action, last_action, source, source_identifier, source_url, source_hash, vintage, source_snapshot, retrieved_at, confidence, tags

type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Waste discharge requirements: penalties.	Waste discharge requirements: penalties.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20032004	AB 1541	California AB 1541 (20032004)	bill	Waste discharge requirements: penalties.	enacted	Montanez	12	32	6	2003-02-21	2003-09-29	openstates	ocd-bill/e353fc08-99eb-4eee-8ca9-5e92b62dfdba	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1541	e20030356b0f0cc63fe4793bc671757a6309bd8a6e0b5f2d86803409eece768d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 1541 (20032004) — Waste discharge requirements: penalties.

Version chain

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

1. 02/21/03 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 05/05/03 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 05/15/03 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/19/03 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 07/02/03 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 07/14/03 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 08/25/03 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
8. 08/27/03 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
9. 09/02/03 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
10. 09/29/03 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
11. AB1541 (committee substitute) — source
12. 09/10/03 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• ab 1541 montanez concurrence in senate amendments — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — pass (pass) · lower
• assembly 3rd reading ab1541 montanez by sher — pass (pass) · upper
• ab 1541 montanez assembly third reading — pass (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Montanez — primary (person)
• Firebaugh — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2003-09-29 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 609, Statutes of 2003.
• 2003-09-29 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2003-09-18 Enrolled and to the Governor at 11 a.m.
• 2003-09-10 Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Ayes 46. Noes 30. Page 3717.) Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 44. Noes 33. Page 3719.) committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2003-09-09 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 11 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2003-09-04 Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 21. Noes 17. Page 2342.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2003-09-03 Read second time. To third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2003-09-02 Read third time, amended. To second reading. reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2003-08-28 Read second time. To third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2003-08-27 Read third time, amended. To second reading. reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2003-08-26 Read second time. To third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2003-08-25 Read third time, amended. To second reading. reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2003-08-20 Read second time. To third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2003-08-19 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage
• 2003-07-14 Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2003-07-10 From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 5. Noes 2.). referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, committee-passage
• 2003-07-02 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on ENV. QUAL. referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1
• 2003-06-19 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on ENV. QUAL. In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author. referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1
• 2003-06-05 Referred to Com. on ENV. QUAL. referral-committee
• 2003-05-28 In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. reading-1
• 2003-05-27 Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 42. Noes 31. Page 1915.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2003-05-23 Read second time. To third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2003-05-22 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 18. Noes 7.) (May 21). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2003-05-19 Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. referral-committee
• 2003-05-15 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Read second time and amended. referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1
• 2003-05-06 Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. referral-committee
• 2003-05-05 Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2003-05-01 From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (April 29). referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, committee-passage
• 2003-03-10 Referred to Standing Committee on Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials. 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; origin ocd-bill/e353fc08-99eb-4eee-8ca9-5e92b62dfdba. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).