republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20032004/ab-248.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Advisory boards: nursery stock."
description: "Advisory boards: nursery stock."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 248"
citation: "California AB 248 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Advisory boards: nursery stock."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nunez"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 24
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2003-02-03"
last_action: "2003-10-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/68837ea7-e717-45eb-9104-30f9146390e0"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB248"
source_hash: "d73acf6a535454087414bdc70d72092edfb479b947327344b1670e7bb354a7a6"
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 248 (20032004) — Advisory boards: nursery stock.

## 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=200320040AB248&version=20030AB24899INT)
2. **07/03/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB248&version=20030AB24898AMD)
3. **07/08/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB248&version=20030AB24897AMD)
4. **08/25/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB248&version=20030AB24896AMD)
5. **10/09/03 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB248&version=20030AB24894CHP)
6. **AB248** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB248)
7. **09/17/03 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB248&version=20030AB24895ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 248 nunez concurrence in senate amendments by chan — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 248 nunez assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- assembly 3rd reading ab248 nunez by cedillo — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Nunez — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-10-09** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 722, Statutes of 2003.
- **2003-10-08** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2003-09-15** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
- **2003-09-05** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 69. Noes 9. Page 3445.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2003-09-03** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 5 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2003-09-02** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 32. Noes 2. Page 2271.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-08-26** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-08-25** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-08-20** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-08-19** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 18). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2003-07-21** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2003-07-08** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-07-03** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-07-02** 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`
- **2003-05-08** Referred to Com. on AGR. & WAT. RES. `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-24** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2003-04-24** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 71. Noes 0. Page 1240.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-04-21** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-04-10** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 22. Noes 1.) (April 9). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2003-04-03** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 2). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2003-03-17** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2003-02-11** Referred to Standing Committee on Agriculture. `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/68837ea7-e717-45eb-9104-30f9146390e0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).