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Bill	State mandates: Commission on State Mandates.	State mandates: Commission on State Mandates.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20032004	AB 2856	California AB 2856 (20032004)	bill	State mandates: Commission on State Mandates.	enacted	Laird	8	27	9	2004-02-20	2004-09-29	openstates	ocd-bill/e53f7fa7-af5d-44a8-8040-eaba9195b572	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2856	c0799ba849765229361a15a1d7ac2f1f18955f538599b33f2d7dbbc0b1134b13	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 2856 (20032004) — State mandates: Commission on 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. 03/30/04 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 05/10/04 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 08/05/04 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/17/04 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/29/04 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
7. AB2856 (committee substitute) — source
8. 08/24/04 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• ab 2856 laird concurrence in senate amendments — pass (pass) · lower
• senate amendments be concurred in. — pass (pass) · lower
• ab 2856 laird 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
• do pass as amended. — pass (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · upper
• placed on appropriations suspense file. — pass (pass) · upper
• do pass as amended, to consent calendar. — pass (pass) · lower
• special consent cale ab2856 laird — 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.

• 2004-09-29 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 890, Statutes of 2004.
• 2004-09-29 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2004-09-01 Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.
• 2004-08-24 Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 7612.) committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2004-08-23 From committee: With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (August 23). committee-passage
• 2004-08-19 Re-referred to Standing Committee on Local Government pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. referral-committee
• 2004-08-18 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 20 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2004-08-18 Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 5062.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2004-08-17 Read second time, amended, and to third reading. reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2004-08-16 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
• 2004-08-05 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
• 2004-08-04 In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
• 2004-07-29 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2004-06-24 From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.). committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2004-06-07 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2004-05-27 Referred to Standing Committee on Local Government. referral-committee
• 2004-05-18 In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. reading-1
• 2004-05-17 Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 5766.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2004-05-11 Read second time. To Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2004-05-10 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2004-05-06 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. (May 5). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
• 2004-04-22 From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 21). committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2004-03-31 Re-referred to Standing Committee on Local Government. referral-committee
• 2004-03-30 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Local Government Read second time and amended. referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1
• 2004-03-15 Referred to Standing Committee on Local Government. 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/e53f7fa7-af5d-44a8-8040-eaba9195b572. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).