republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20032004/ab-2528.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public water systems."
description: "Public water systems."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 2528"
citation: "California AB 2528 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public water systems."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lowenthal"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 27
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2004-02-20"
last_action: "2004-09-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bf877045-cd96-4d25-b5b8-250256cff8d7"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2528"
source_hash: "1f83c4885d0f45bc072804dcaad43d5771874b8989364fb4ee1497de198543f1"
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 2528 (20032004) — Public water systems.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/20/04 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2528&version=20030AB252899INT)
2. **04/12/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2528&version=20030AB252898AMD)
3. **05/27/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2528&version=20030AB252897AMD)
4. **06/14/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2528&version=20030AB252896AMD)
5. **08/12/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2528&version=20030AB252895AMD)
6. **09/22/04 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2528&version=20030AB252893CHP)
7. **AB2528** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2528)
8. **08/19/04 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2528&version=20030AB252894ENR)

## Votes

- do pass, to consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 2528 lowenthal concurrence in senate amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 2528 lowenthal consent calendar second day regular session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- special consent cale ab2528 lowenthal by bowen — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Lowenthal — primary (person)
- Daucher — coauthor (person)
- Maddox — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-09-22** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 679, Statutes of 2004.
- **2004-09-22** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2004-08-26** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2004-08-19** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 7376.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2004-08-17** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 19 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2004-08-17** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 5033.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-08-16** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-08-12** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-07-01** To inactive file on motion of Senator Romero.
- **2004-06-30** Read second time. To third reading. Ordered to Special Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-06-29** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2004-06-14** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-06-10** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 5. Noes 0.). `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, committee-passage`
- **2004-05-27** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on ENV. QUAL. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-05-13** Referred to Com. on ENV. QUAL. `referral-committee`
- **2004-05-03** 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 72. Noes 0. Page 5433.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-04-26** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-04-22** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (April 21). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2004-04-21** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2004-04-12** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-04-01** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (March 31). `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, committee-passage`
- **2004-03-23** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2004-03-22** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2004-03-08** Referred to Standing Committee on Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials. `referral-committee`
- **2004-02-22** From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
- **2004-02-20** 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/bf877045-cd96-4d25-b5b8-250256cff8d7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).