republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20032004/ab-540.md

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Bill	Death certificates: peace officers.	Death certificates: peace officers.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20032004	AB 540	California AB 540 (20032004)	bill	Death certificates: peace officers.	enacted	Bogh	8	25	6	2003-02-18	2003-09-05	openstates	ocd-bill/c598a3b3-bc99-432c-a7c6-b2c1fecf26aa	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB540	e93bac6c2aac3a8442fd705c6abf6de67e57a749b6b3bb2958200f26c8663d3f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 540 (20032004) — Death certificates: peace officers.

Version chain

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

1. 02/18/03 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 05/06/03 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 05/19/03 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 05/22/03 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 06/30/03 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/05/03 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
7. AB540 (committee substitute) — source
8. 08/21/03 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• ab 540 bogh assembly third reading — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · upper
• do pass as amended. — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · lower
• special consent #20 ab540 bogh — pass (pass) · upper
• ab 540 bogh concurrence in senate amendments — pass (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Bogh — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2003-09-05 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 307, Statutes of 2003.
• 2003-09-04 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2003-08-26 Enrolled and to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
• 2003-08-21 Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 3046.) 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 1914.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2003-07-15 Read second time. To third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2003-07-14 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage
• 2003-07-11 (Corrected July 10. )
• 2003-06-30 Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2003-06-27 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
• 2003-06-05 Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. referral-committee
• 2003-05-28 In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. reading-1
• 2003-05-27 Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1905.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2003-05-22 Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2003-05-20 Read second time. To third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2003-05-19 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2003-05-15 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 24. Noes 0.) (May 14). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
• 2003-05-07 Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. referral-committee
• 2003-05-06 Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2003-05-05 From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 24. Noes 1.) (April 29). referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, committee-passage
• 2003-03-13 Re-referred to Standing Committee on Health by unanimous consent. referral-committee
• 2003-02-27 Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. 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; origin ocd-bill/c598a3b3-bc99-432c-a7c6-b2c1fecf26aa. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).