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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Contracts: foreign languages."
description: "Contracts: foreign languages."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 309"
citation: "California AB 309 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Contracts: foreign languages."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chu"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 24
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2003-02-07"
last_action: "2003-09-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/38560c8f-159e-40a2-a054-568018d7047b"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB309"
source_hash: "3c36ed1ad829fbf4f7e6a60bf7adaeb5d693352524c8d8012513768a9cad2b39"
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 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](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB309&version=20030AB30999INT)
2. **03/13/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB309&version=20030AB30998AMD)
3. **04/29/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB309&version=20030AB30997AMD)
4. **06/19/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB309&version=20030AB30996AMD)
5. **07/15/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB309&version=20030AB30995AMD)
6. **09/08/03 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB309&version=20030AB30993CHP)
7. **AB309** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB309)
8. **09/02/03 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB309&version=20030AB30994ENR)
## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/38560c8f-159e-40a2-a054-568018d7047b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).