republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20032004/ab-506.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Sexual assault victims: toxicology testing."
description: "Sexual assault victims: toxicology testing."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 506"
citation: "California AB 506 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Sexual assault victims: toxicology testing."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Maze"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 28
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2003-02-18"
last_action: "2003-09-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cf26ddc7-6188-489b-8d59-a6aad40d53d6"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB506"
source_hash: "97d108cfa5da57c0b5fbc85d5d8ece6dd32989776329c5043f490c57092fe81b"
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 506 (20032004) — Sexual assault victims: toxicology testing.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/18/03 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB506&version=20030AB50699INT)
2. **03/24/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB506&version=20030AB50698AMD)
3. **03/25/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB506&version=20030AB50697AMD)
4. **04/21/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB506&version=20030AB50696AMD)
5. **06/04/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB506&version=20030AB50695AMD)
6. **06/19/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB506&version=20030AB50694AMD)
7. **07/08/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB506&version=20030AB50693AMD)
8. **09/26/03 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB506&version=20030AB50691CHP)
9. **AB506** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB506)
10. **08/28/03 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB506&version=20030AB50692ENR)

## Votes

- ab 506 maze special consent calendar 2nd day regular session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 506 maze assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- special consent #24 ab506 maze — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- do pass and re-refer to committee on appropriations with recommendation: to consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Maze — primary (person)
- Cox — coauthor (person)
- Dutton — coauthor (person)
- Garcia — coauthor (person)
- Haynes — coauthor (person)
- Johnson — coauthor (person)
- La Suer — coauthor (person)
- Pacheco — coauthor (person)
- Plescia — coauthor (person)
- Runner — coauthor (person)
- Soto — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-09-26** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 535, Statutes of 2003.
- **2003-09-25** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2003-09-05** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2003-08-28** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 3235.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2003-08-25** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 27 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
- **2003-08-25** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2118.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-08-20** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-08-19** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2003-07-14** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2003-07-08** 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`
- **2003-06-19** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-06-18** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 6. Noes 0.). `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, committee-passage`
- **2003-06-04** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-05-15** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-08** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2003-05-08** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 1540.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-05-05** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-05-01** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 24. Noes 0.) (April 30). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2003-04-22** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-21** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Read second time and amended. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-04-02** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 1). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2003-03-26** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-25** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Public Safety Read second time and amended. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-03-24** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Public Safety Read second time and amended. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-03-18** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2003-02-27** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-19** From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
- **2003-02-18** 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/cf26ddc7-6188-489b-8d59-a6aad40d53d6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).