republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20032004/ab-255.md

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Bill	Elections: local government seals.	Elections: local government seals.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20032004	AB 255	California AB 255 (20032004)	bill	Elections: local government seals.	enacted	Jerome Horton	7	25	6	2003-02-04	2003-09-17	openstates	ocd-bill/8ba6c48e-5306-4b41-8af2-29e04f78e49c	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB255	78d1411c437be0f33a73fa827b6f029d45a0a7012ded3a6b49ed3c3f9b7d8346	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 255 (20032004) — Elections: local government seals.

Version chain

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

1. 02/04/03 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/25/03 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/07/03 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/24/03 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/17/03 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. AB255 (committee substitute) — source
7. 08/28/03 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• ab 255 horton,j special consent calendar 2nd day regular session — pass (pass) · lower
• assembly 3rd reading ab255 jerome horto by escutia — pass (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · upper
• do pass, to consent calendar. — pass (pass) · lower
• ab 255 horton,j consent calendar second day regular session — pass (pass) · lower
• do pass and re-refer to committee on appropriations with recommendation: to consent calendar. — pass (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Jerome Horton — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2003-09-17 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 380, Statutes of 2003.
• 2003-09-16 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2003-09-08 Enrolled and to the Governor at 2 p.m.
• 2003-08-28 Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 3233.) 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. Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
• 2003-08-21 Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. 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
• 2003-07-03 From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.). committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2003-06-24 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Elections and Redistricting. referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1
• 2003-06-18 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2003-05-29 Referred to Standing Committee on Elections and Redistricting. referral-committee
• 2003-05-15 In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. reading-1
• 2003-05-15 Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1711.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2003-05-12 Read second time. To Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2003-05-08 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 7). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2003-04-23 From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 22). committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2003-04-08 Re-referred to Com. on E.,R. & C.A. referral-committee
• 2003-04-07 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on E.,R. & C.A. Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1
• 2003-03-26 Re-referred to Com. on E.,R. & C.A. referral-committee
• 2003-03-25 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on E.,R. & C.A. Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1
• 2003-03-19 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2003-02-11 Referred to Com. on E.,R. & C.A. referral-committee
• 2003-02-05 From printer. May be heard in committee March 7.
• 2003-02-04 Read first time. To print. reading-1

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8ba6c48e-5306-4b41-8af2-29e04f78e49c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).