republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20032004/ab-245.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Crimes: professional sporting events."
description: "Crimes: professional sporting events."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 245"
citation: "California AB 245 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crimes: professional sporting events."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cohn"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 24
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2003-02-03"
last_action: "2003-10-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d3499de3-eb89-4e50-aaf9-1f4d4ba66b25"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB245"
source_hash: "1e978e90af2b07d71d1577f52f7e1792e9c93f3802e2c24a4543a87ef207f949"
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 245 (20032004) — Crimes: professional sporting events.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/03/03 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB245&version=20030AB24599INT)
2. **03/18/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB245&version=20030AB24598AMD)
3. **05/07/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB245&version=20030AB24597AMD)
4. **06/24/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB245&version=20030AB24596AMD)
5. **10/11/03 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB245&version=20030AB24594CHP)
6. **AB245** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB245)
7. **08/28/03 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB245&version=20030AB24595ENR)

## Votes

- ab 245 cohn assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- do pass and be re-referred to the committee on public safety. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- assembly 3rd reading ab245 cohn by perata — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 245 cohn concurrence in senate amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cohn — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-10-11** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 818, Statutes of 2003.
- **2003-10-10** 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 72. Noes 4. Page 3205.) `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 33. Noes 3. Page 2090.) `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`
- **2003-06-24** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-06-23** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 5. Noes 1.). `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, committee-passage`
- **2003-06-05** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `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, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 3. Page 1907.) `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 24. Noes 1.) (May 21). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2003-05-08** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-07** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-05-06** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 29). `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, committee-passage`
- **2003-04-09** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Public Safety Re-referred. (Ayes 19. Noes 0.) (April 8). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2003-03-19** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Arts, Entertainment, Sports, Tourism, and Internet Media. `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-18** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Arts, Entertainment, Sports, Tourism, and Internet Media Read second time and amended. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-02-11** Referred to Standing Committee on Arts, Entertainment, Sports, Tourism, and Internet Media and Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-04** From printer. May be heard in committee March 6.
- **2003-02-03** 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/d3499de3-eb89-4e50-aaf9-1f4d4ba66b25`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).