republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20032004/ab-514.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Water meters."
description: "Water meters."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 514"
citation: "California AB 514 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Water meters."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kehoe"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 25
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2003-02-18"
last_action: "2003-10-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4bb56314-35bd-458a-9f42-3e2fdc72e93c"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB514"
source_hash: "f10afc7a64f0867cbe653cbfa131c6738efbffa860729779ed63ed18c048228b"
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 514 (20032004) — Water meters.

## 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=200320040AB514&version=20030AB51499INT)
2. **04/01/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB514&version=20030AB51498AMD)
3. **06/02/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB514&version=20030AB51497AMD)
4. **06/25/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB514&version=20030AB51496AMD)
5. **08/19/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB514&version=20030AB51495AMD)
6. **10/09/03 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB514&version=20030AB51493CHP)
7. **AB514** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB514)
8. **09/02/03 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB514&version=20030AB51494ENR)

## Votes

- ab 514 kehoe assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 514 kehoe concurrence in senate amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- assembly 3rd reading ab514 kehoe by kuehl — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **fail** (fail) · upper
- do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kehoe — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-10-09** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 680, Statutes of 2003.
- **2003-10-08** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2003-09-15** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
- **2003-09-02** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 55. Noes 22. Page 3286.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2003-08-28** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2003-08-27** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 23. Noes 13. Page 2168.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-08-20** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-08-19** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-07-09** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-07-08** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 5.). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2003-07-01** In committee: Set first hearing. Failed passage. Reconsideration granted.
- **2003-06-25** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on AGR. & WAT. RES. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-06-19** Referred to Com. on AGR. & WAT. RES. `referral-committee`
- **2003-06-05** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2003-06-04** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 52. Noes 24. Page 2252.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-06-03** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-06-02** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 17. Noes 7.) (May 28). Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-05-15** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-29** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (April 28). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2003-04-07** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Transportation by unanimous consent. `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-02** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-01** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection Read second time and amended. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-02-27** Referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. `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/4bb56314-35bd-458a-9f42-3e2fdc72e93c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).