republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20032004/ab-1544.md

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Bill	Elections.	Elections.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20032004	AB 1544	California AB 1544 (20032004)	bill	Elections.	enacted	Simitian	7	25	6	2003-02-21	2003-09-17	openstates	ocd-bill/70d6f4be-cb56-4fc2-a58a-66d462e960bd	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1544	653fb883373a4fa7a2dfeee1696b832fe0e1440734e43028c56ba7b720be13fd	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 1544 (20032004) — Elections.

Version chain

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

1. 02/21/03 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/21/03 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 05/05/03 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/23/03 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/17/03 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. AB1544 (committee substitute) — source
7. 08/28/03 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · upper
• ab 1544 simitian assembly third reading — pass (pass) · lower
• ab 1544 simitian concurrence in senate amendments — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · lower
• assembly 3rd reading ab1544 simitian by torlakson — pass (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Simitian — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2003-09-17 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 401, Statutes of 2003.
• 2003-09-16 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2003-09-04 Enrolled and to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2003-08-28 Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 46. Noes 28. Page 3226.) committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2003-08-25 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 27 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2003-08-21 Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 27. Noes 12. Page 2092.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2003-07-15 Read second time. To third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2003-07-14 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage
• 2003-07-03 From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 3. Noes 1.). committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2003-06-23 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Elections and Redistricting. referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1
• 2003-06-18 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2003-06-05 Referred to Standing Committee on Elections and Redistricting. referral-committee
• 2003-05-23 In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. reading-1
• 2003-05-22 Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 48. Noes 30. Page 1845.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2003-05-19 Read second time. To third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2003-05-15 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 7.) (May 14). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 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 22). referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, committee-passage
• 2003-04-22 Re-referred to Com. on E.,R. & C.A. referral-committee
• 2003-04-21 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on E.,R. & C.A. Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1
• 2003-03-10 Referred to Com. on E.,R. & C.A. 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/70d6f4be-cb56-4fc2-a58a-66d462e960bd. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).