republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20032004/ab-578.md

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Bill	County recorders: electronic recording.	County recorders: electronic recording.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20032004	AB 578	California AB 578 (20032004)	bill appropriation	County recorders: electronic recording.	enacted	Leno	14	34	7	2003-02-18	2004-09-21	openstates	ocd-bill/2bda0250-081b-4ef0-810c-a3bb02a110be	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB578	3f09325285e6c680dd907699cdfae912c7c1184ba6b3eb4d6f64962f28d37653	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 578 (20032004) — County recorders: electronic recording.

Version chain

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

1. 02/18/03 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/24/03 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 05/01/03 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 05/05/03 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 05/12/03 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
6. 06/23/04 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 06/28/04 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
8. 07/03/03 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
9. 08/24/04 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
10. 08/25/04 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
11. 08/26/04 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
12. 09/21/04 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
13. AB578 (committee substitute) — source
14. 08/27/04 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · upper
• do pass, to consent calendar. — pass (pass) · lower
• assembly 3rd reading ab578 leno by sher — pass (pass) · upper
• ab 578 leno third reading urgency — pass (pass) · lower
• amend, and re-refer to the committee on local government. — pass (pass) · lower
• ab 578 leno concurrence in senate amendments — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Leno — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2004-09-21 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 621, Statutes of 2004.
• 2004-09-21 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2004-09-16 Enrolled and to the Governor at 10:30 a.m.
• 2004-08-27 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 29 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 7982.) Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 7991.) committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2004-08-27 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 5472.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2004-08-26 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.). Read second time, amended, and to third reading. amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, committee-passage, reading-1
• 2004-08-25 From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 6. Noes 0.). Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, committee-passage, reading-1
• 2004-08-24 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1
• 2004-06-28 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1
• 2004-06-23 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1
• 2004-05-18 In committee: Set, second hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2003-08-19 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2003-07-28 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2003-07-09 Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary and Standing Committee on Rules. referral-committee
• 2003-07-07 In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. reading-1
• 2003-07-07 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2678.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2003-07-03 Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2003-05-29 From Consent Calendar. To third reading.
• 2003-05-23 Read second time. To Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2003-05-22 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 21). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2003-05-13 Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. referral-committee
• 2003-05-12 Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2003-05-08 From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (May 7). referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, committee-passage
• 2003-05-06 Re-referred to Standing Committee on Local Government. referral-committee
• 2003-05-05 Re-referred to Standing Committee on Local Government From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Local Government Read second time and amended. referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1
• 2003-05-01 Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2003-04-30 From committee: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Local Government (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 30). referral-committee, amendment-introduction, committee-passage
• 2003-04-28 Re-referred to Standing Committee on Local Government. referral-committee
• 2003-04-24 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Local Government Read second time and amended. referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1
• 2003-04-23 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2003-04-10 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2003-02-27 Referred to Standing Committee on Local Government. 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/2bda0250-081b-4ef0-810c-a3bb02a110be. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).