republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20032004/ab-544.md

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Bill	Contractor: temporary labor.	Contractor: temporary labor.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20032004	AB 544	California AB 544 (20032004)	bill appropriation	Contractor: temporary labor.	enacted	Montanez	7	25	6	2003-02-18	2003-10-11	openstates	ocd-bill/964161e6-1974-419f-a1b9-c7fa2126c9fb	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB544	a1589f2fad97368bb8bb6e5c7d7af8f27f569950e7dde1553e2a132b5c2bf685	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 544 (20032004) — Contractor: temporary labor.

Version chain

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

1. 02/18/03 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 05/07/03 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 06/30/03 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 07/21/03 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 10/11/03 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. AB544 (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/02/03 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• ab 544 montanez concurrence in senate amendments — pass (pass) · lower
• do pass as amended. — pass (pass) · lower
• do pass as amended. — pass (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — fail (fail) · upper
• assembly 3rd reading ab544 montanez by dunn — pass (pass) · upper
• ab 544 montanez assembly third reading — pass (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Montanez — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2003-10-11 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 759, Statutes of 2003.
• 2003-10-10 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2003-09-09 Enrolled and to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
• 2003-09-02 Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 59. Noes 19. Page 3287.) 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 22. Noes 14. Page 2170.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2003-08-21 Read second time. To third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2003-08-20 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage
• 2003-08-19 Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 2047.)
• 2003-08-18 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2003-07-22 Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations pursuant to Joint Rule 10.5. referral-committee
• 2003-07-21 Read second time, amended, and to third reading. reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2003-07-17 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
• 2003-07-10 Joint Rule 61(a)(9) suspended. (Page 1731.)
• 2003-06-30 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1
• 2003-06-18 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2003-06-05 Referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. referral-committee
• 2003-05-23 In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. reading-1
• 2003-05-23 Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 1879.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2003-05-08 Read second time. To third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2003-05-07 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2003-05-06 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 1.) (May 6). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
• 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; origin ocd-bill/964161e6-1974-419f-a1b9-c7fa2126c9fb. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).