republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20032004/ab-1959.md

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Bill	State Auditor: drugs.	State Auditor: drugs.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20032004	AB 1959	California AB 1959 (20032004)	bill	State Auditor: drugs.	enacted	Chu	7	24	8	2004-02-12	2004-09-30	openstates	ocd-bill/02e2336c-40fe-4734-ade8-9adb1bee9d6a	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1959	cfa50ec76f171c3ffbef1362e3bf9a864e29ce61c1473a9fe5cded280dfd7c92	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 1959 (20032004) — State Auditor: drugs.

Version chain

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

1. 02/12/04 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/01/04 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/16/04 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 05/20/04 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/30/04 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. AB1959 (committee substitute) — source
7. 08/23/04 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• placed on appropriations suspense file. — pass (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Business and Professions. — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — pass (pass) · upper
• do pass as amended. — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · legislature
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · lower
• ab 1959 chu assembly third reading — pass (pass) · lower
• assembly 3rd reading ab1959 chu by chesbro — pass (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Chu — primary (person)
• Frommer — author (person)
• Pavley — author (person)
• Ridley-Thomas — author (person)

Timeline

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

• 2004-09-30 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 938, Statutes of 2004.
• 2004-09-29 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2004-09-01 Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.
• 2004-08-23 In Assembly. To enrollment.
• 2004-08-23 Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 27. Noes 5. Page 5183.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2004-08-17 Read second time. To third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2004-08-16 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 1.) (August 12). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2004-06-28 In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
• 2004-06-17 From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.). committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2004-06-09 Referred to Com. on H. & H.S. referral-committee
• 2004-05-27 In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. reading-1
• 2004-05-26 Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 2. Page 6067.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2004-05-24 Read second time. To third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2004-05-20 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 21. Noes 0.) (May 19). Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, committee-passage, reading-1
• 2004-04-28 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. referral-committee
• 2004-04-21 From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (April 20). committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2004-04-19 Re-referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. referral-committee
• 2004-04-16 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection Read second time and amended. referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1
• 2004-04-14 From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection Re-referred. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (April 13). committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2004-04-12 Re-referred to Standing Committee on Health. referral-committee
• 2004-04-01 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Health. Read second time and amended. referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1
• 2004-03-18 Referred to Standing Committee on Health and Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. referral-committee
• 2004-02-13 From printer. May be heard in committee March 14.
• 2004-02-12 Read first time. To print. reading-1

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/02e2336c-40fe-4734-ade8-9adb1bee9d6a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).