republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20032004/ab-447.md

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Bill	Lien claims: release: attorneys' fees.	Lien claims: release: attorneys' fees.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20032004	AB 447	California AB 447 (20032004)	bill	Lien claims: release: attorneys' fees.	enacted	Vargas	6	19	5	2003-02-14	2003-09-04	openstates	ocd-bill/4d980ece-956c-4b0d-a3c2-a2f839f40126	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB447	a736875a35027ab02e6e8f1e9dce883e0f36dd01c46ebb993653388b54302f32	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 447 (20032004) — Lien claims: release: attorneys' fees.

Version chain

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

1. 02/14/03 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/26/03 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 07/15/03 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 09/04/03 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
5. AB447 (committee substitute) — source
6. 08/21/03 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass. — pass (pass) · lower
• do pass as amended. — pass (pass) · upper
• ab 447 vargas assembly third reading — pass (pass) · lower
• ab 447 vargas concurrence in senate amendments — pass (pass) · lower
• special consent #20 ab447 vargas — pass (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Vargas — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2003-09-04 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 279, Statutes of 2003.
• 2003-09-03 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2003-08-25 Enrolled and to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
• 2003-08-21 Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 3045.) committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2003-07-24 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 26 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2003-07-21 Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 1911.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2003-07-15 Read second time, amended, and to third reading. reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2003-07-14 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
• 2003-06-19 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2003-05-08 Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. referral-committee
• 2003-04-07 In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. reading-1
• 2003-04-07 Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 71. Noes 1. Page 950.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2003-04-03 Read second time. To third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2003-04-02 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 1). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2003-03-27 Re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. referral-committee
• 2003-03-26 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
• 2003-02-24 Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. referral-committee
• 2003-02-18 From printer. May be heard in committee March 20.
• 2003-02-14 Read first time. To print. reading-1

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4d980ece-956c-4b0d-a3c2-a2f839f40126. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).