republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20032004/ab-2318.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Local agency auditors."
description: "Local agency auditors."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 2318"
citation: "California AB 2318 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Local agency auditors."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hancock"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 24
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2004-02-19"
last_action: "2004-09-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6e2ba878-b9a1-44f2-91d6-7bece179b425"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2318"
source_hash: "431c88b031cab14350ced40c01e1bc0d9ad12b6705287d97ef5f2daf8e3cefa7"
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 2318 (20032004) — Local agency auditors.

## 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=200320040AB2318&version=20030AB231899INT)
2. **04/12/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2318&version=20030AB231898AMD)
3. **06/09/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2318&version=20030AB231897AMD)
4. **06/22/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2318&version=20030AB231896AMD)
5. **07/06/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2318&version=20030AB231895AMD)
6. **08/23/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2318&version=20030AB231894AMD)
7. **09/21/04 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2318&version=20030AB231892CHP)
8. **AB2318** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2318)
9. **08/25/04 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2318&version=20030AB231893ENR)

## Votes

- assembly 3rd reading ab2318 hancock by florez — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Judiciary. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 2318 hancock assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 2318 hancock concurrence in senate amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- do pass as amended. — **fail** (fail) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hancock — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-09-21** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 637, Statutes of 2004.
- **2004-09-21** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2004-09-09** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2004-08-25** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 7721.) Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 75. Noes 4. Page 7756.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2004-08-24** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 26 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2004-08-24** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 23. Noes 9. Page 5246.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-08-23** Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-07-06** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-07-02** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2004-06-30** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 4494.)
- **2004-06-29** In committee: Set first hearing. Failed passage. Reconsideration granted.
- **2004-06-22** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-06-21** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Judiciary (Ayes 4. Noes 2.). `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, committee-passage`
- **2004-06-09** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Local Government. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-05-26** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2004-05-13** Referred to Standing Committee on Local Government and Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2004-04-29** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2004-04-29** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 71. Noes 0. Page 5411.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-04-16** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-04-15** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 14). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2004-04-12** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Local Government Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Local Government. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-03-04** Referred to Standing Committee on Local Government. `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/6e2ba878-b9a1-44f2-91d6-7bece179b425`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).