republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20032004/ab-1771.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "State government."
description: "State government."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 1771"
citation: "California AB 1771 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State government."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Water, Parks and Wildlife"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 28
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2003-03-12"
last_action: "2003-10-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/381b221c-e34d-4a7b-a82f-e9cb13b2602e"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1771"
source_hash: "05c71f6e0df41e8b2d05e52b99c33ef8560c230c17dd0467ad62c5faa9b046e5"
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 1771 (20032004) — State government.

## Version chain

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

1. **03/12/03 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1771&version=20030AB177199INT)
2. **06/25/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1771&version=20030AB177198AMD)
3. **07/10/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1771&version=20030AB177197AMD)
4. **09/08/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1771&version=20030AB177196AMD)
5. **10/09/03 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1771&version=20030AB177194CHP)
6. **AB1771** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1771)
7. **09/11/03 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1771&version=20030AB177195ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- assembly 3rd reading ab1771 committee on w.,p. & w. (canciami by ducheny — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Business and Professions. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 1771 w., p.& w. concurrence in senate amendments by canciamilla — **pass** (pass) · lower
- assembly 3rd reading ab1771 committee on w.,p. & w. (canciami by ducheny — **fail** (fail) · upper
- ab 1771 w., p.& w. third reading urgency — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Committee on Water, Parks and Wildlife — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-10-09** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 698, Statutes of 2003.
- **2003-10-08** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2003-09-22** Enrolled and to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2003-09-11** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 72. Noes 7. Page 3793.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2003-09-10** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2003-09-09** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 23. Noes 13. Page 2434.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-09-08** Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-09-02** Read third time. Urgency clause refused adoption. (Ayes 24. Noes 10. Page 2281.) Motion to reconsider made by Senator Ducheny. Reconsideration granted. (Page 2282.) `reading-3, reading-1`
- **2003-08-29** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-08-28** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2003-08-25** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2003-08-18** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2003-07-10** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-07-09** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 8. Noes 0.). `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, committee-passage`
- **2003-07-02** Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Com. on AGR. & WAT. RES. `referral-committee`
- **2003-07-01** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2003-06-25** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Natural Resources And Water. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-06-19** Referred to Standing Committee on Natural Resources And Water. `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. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 1. Page 1921.) `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 25. Noes 0.) (May 21). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2003-05-06** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (May 6). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2003-04-30** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection Re-referred. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (April 29). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2003-04-22** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2003-03-24** Referred to Standing Committee on Water, Parks and Wildlife and Standing Committee on Governmental Organization. `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-13** From printer. May be heard in committee April 12.
- **2003-03-12** 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/381b221c-e34d-4a7b-a82f-e9cb13b2602e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).