republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20032004/ab-2854.md

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Bill	Elections: state mandates.	Elections: state mandates.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20032004	AB 2854	California AB 2854 (20032004)	bill	Elections: state mandates.	enacted	Laird	5	19	6	2004-02-20	2004-07-27	openstates	ocd-bill/a1692610-0978-4018-ad67-3198e8a24790	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2854	f10fc41df447847556ca7c43e0b20a68d17442264641d9842aa674e83b2507c5	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 2854 (20032004) — Elections: state mandates.

Version chain

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

1. 02/20/04 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/23/04 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 07/27/04 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
4. AB2854 (committee substitute) — source
5. 07/12/04 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• do pass, to consent calendar. — pass (pass) · lower
• special consent cale ab2854 laird — pass (pass) · upper
• ab 2854 laird consent calendar second day regular session — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — pass (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Laird — primary (person)
• Chavez — principal coauthor (person)
• Daucher — principal coauthor (person)
• Hancock — principal coauthor (person)
• La Malfa — principal coauthor (person)
• Longville — principal coauthor (person)
• Maze — principal coauthor (person)
• Montanez — principal coauthor (person)
• Salinas — principal coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2004-07-27 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 206, Statutes of 2004.
• 2004-07-27 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2004-07-16 Enrolled and to the Governor at 2:45 p.m.
• 2004-07-15 In Assembly. To enrollment.
• 2004-07-12 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 4622.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2004-06-30 Read second time. To third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2004-06-29 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2004-06-16 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
• 2004-05-20 Referred to Standing Committee on Elections and Redistricting. referral-committee
• 2004-05-10 In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. reading-1
• 2004-05-10 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 5630.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2004-05-03 Read second time. To Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2004-04-29 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (April 28). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2004-04-14 From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 13). committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2004-03-25 Re-referred to Com. on E.,R. & C.A. referral-committee
• 2004-03-23 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
• 2004-03-15 Referred to Com. on E.,R. & C.A. 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; origin ocd-bill/a1692610-0978-4018-ad67-3198e8a24790. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).