republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20032004/ab-2533.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Seismic safety."
description: "Seismic safety."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 2533"
citation: "California AB 2533 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Seismic safety."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Salinas"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 26
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2004-02-20"
last_action: "2004-09-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/01c489c8-bb2a-43ea-8b0d-50863b08d529"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2533"
source_hash: "1193fd05a8d968bc85051b9e1cf24c39da359661e14b360f1efa30ade2696e9f"
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 2533 (20032004) — Seismic safety.

## 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=200320040AB2533&version=20030AB253399INT)
2. **04/01/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2533&version=20030AB253398AMD)
3. **04/28/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2533&version=20030AB253397AMD)
4. **06/07/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2533&version=20030AB253396AMD)
5. **06/21/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2533&version=20030AB253395AMD)
6. **07/07/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2533&version=20030AB253394AMD)
7. **09/21/04 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2533&version=20030AB253392CHP)
8. **AB2533** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2533)
9. **08/25/04 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2533&version=20030AB253393ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 2533 salinas assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Judiciary. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 2533 salinas 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 re-refer to committee on appropriations with recommendation: to consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- assembly 3rd reading ab2533 salinas by cedillo — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Salinas — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-09-21** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 659, Statutes of 2004.
- **2004-09-21** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2004-09-07** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
- **2004-08-25** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 52. Noes 27. Page 7670.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2004-08-23** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 25 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2004-08-23** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 21. Noes 10. Page 5182.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-07-21** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-07-20** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2004-07-13** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2004-07-07** 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`
- **2004-06-21** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-06-17** 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`
- **2004-06-07** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Housing and Community Development. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-06-03** Referred to Standing Committee on Housing and Community Development. `referral-committee`
- **2004-05-20** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2004-05-20** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 57. Noes 19. Page 5831.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-05-17** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-05-13** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 4.) (May 12). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2004-04-29** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2004-04-28** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-04-27** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (April 20). `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, committee-passage`
- **2004-04-14** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Judiciary Re-referred. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (April 13). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2004-04-12** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. `referral-committee`
- **2004-04-01** Referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection and Standing Committee on Judiciary From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection Read second time and amended. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **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/01c489c8-bb2a-43ea-8b0d-50863b08d529`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).