republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20032004/ab-309.md

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Bill	Contracts: foreign languages.	Contracts: foreign languages.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20032004	AB 309	California AB 309 (20032004)	bill	Contracts: foreign languages.	enacted	Chu	8	24	6	2003-02-07	2003-09-08	openstates	ocd-bill/38560c8f-159e-40a2-a054-568018d7047b	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB309	3c36ed1ad829fbf4f7e6a60bf7adaeb5d693352524c8d8012513768a9cad2b39	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 309 (20032004) — Contracts: foreign languages.

Version chain

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

1. 02/07/03 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/13/03 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/29/03 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/19/03 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 07/15/03 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/08/03 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
7. AB309 (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/02/03 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass. — pass (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — pass (pass) · lower
• ab 309 chu concurrence in senate amendments — pass (pass) · lower
• assembly 3rd reading ab309 chu by escutia — pass (pass) · upper
• ab 309 chu assembly third reading — pass (pass) · lower
• do pass and be re-referred to the committee on banking and finance. — pass (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Chu — primary (person)
• Chan — coauthor (person)
• Correa — coauthor (person)
• Dymally — coauthor (person)
• Escutia — coauthor (person)
• Goldberg — coauthor (person)
• Hancock — coauthor (person)
• Kuehl — coauthor (person)
• Leno — coauthor (person)
• Longville — coauthor (person)
• Montanez — coauthor (person)
• Romero — coauthor (person)
• Vargas — coauthor (person)
• Yee — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2003-09-08 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 330, Statutes of 2003.
• 2003-09-06 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2003-09-03 Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.
• 2003-09-02 Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 46. Noes 31. Page 3282.) committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2003-08-19 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 21 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2003-08-19 Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 26. Noes 12. Page 2045.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2003-07-16 Read second time. To third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2003-07-15 Read third time, amended. To second reading. reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2003-07-03 Read second time. To third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2003-07-02 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2003-06-19 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary In committee: Hearing postponed by committee. referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1
• 2003-05-29 Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. referral-committee
• 2003-05-20 In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. reading-1
• 2003-05-19 Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 49. Noes 30. Page 1748.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2003-05-07 Read second time. To third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2003-05-06 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 2.) (April 5). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2003-04-30 Re-referred to Standing Committee on Banking and Finance. referral-committee
• 2003-04-29 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Banking and Finance Read second time and amended. referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1
• 2003-03-18 From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Banking and Finance Re-referred. (Ayes 9. Noes 4.) (March 18). committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2003-03-17 Re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. referral-committee
• 2003-03-13 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Judiciary Read second time and amended. referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1
• 2003-02-18 Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. referral-committee
• 2003-02-11 From printer. May be heard in committee March 13.
• 2003-02-07 Read first time. To print. reading-1

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/38560c8f-159e-40a2-a054-568018d7047b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).