republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20032004/ab-2288.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Hate crimes."
description: "Hate crimes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 2288"
citation: "California AB 2288 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Hate crimes."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pacheco"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 28
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2004-02-19"
last_action: "2004-09-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cd17ac79-7796-4fa6-b488-262e6dfd8a6b"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2288"
source_hash: "53d0bdaf0a2c31499548d761f717e782bace082a40257c939462640b575a1f8c"
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 2288 (20032004) — Hate crimes.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/19/04 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2288&version=20030AB228899INT)
2. **04/28/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2288&version=20030AB228898AMD)
3. **08/17/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2288&version=20030AB228897AMD)
4. **08/24/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2288&version=20030AB228896AMD)
5. **09/25/04 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2288&version=20030AB228894CHP)
6. **AB2288** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2288)
7. **08/26/04 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2288&version=20030AB228895ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **fail** (fail) · lower
- placed on appropriations suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- assembly 3rd reading ab2288 pacheco by romero — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 2288 pacheco assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- assembly 3rd reading ab2288 pacheco by romero — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Pacheco — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-09-25** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 780, Statutes of 2004.
- **2004-09-24** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2004-09-13** Enrolled and to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2004-08-26** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 7802.) Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 7875.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2004-08-25** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 27 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2004-08-25** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 5320.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-08-24** Action rescinded whereby the bill was read third time, passed, and to Assembly. Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. `passage, amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2004-08-23** In Senate. Held at Desk.
- **2004-08-23** Ordered returned to Senate.
- **2004-08-19** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 21 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2004-08-19** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 30. Noes 0. Page 5119.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-08-17** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-08-16** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (August 12). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2004-06-28** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **2004-06-15** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2004-06-03** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2004-05-24** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2004-05-24** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 5928.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-05-20** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 20. Noes 0.) (May 19). Read second time. To third reading. `committee-passage-favorable, reading-2, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-05-19** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2004-05-10** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (May 6). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2004-05-06** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 5545.)
- **2004-05-04** In committee: Set first hearing. Failed passage. Reconsideration granted.
- **2004-04-29** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2004-04-28** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Public Safety Read second time and amended. (Corrected May 3. ). `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-03-04** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2004-02-20** From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
- **2004-02-19** 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/cd17ac79-7796-4fa6-b488-262e6dfd8a6b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).