republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20032004/ab-587.md

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Bill	Voter registration.	Voter registration.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20032004	AB 587	California AB 587 (20032004)	bill	Voter registration.	enacted	Ridley-Thomas	5	19	6	2003-02-18	2003-09-17	openstates	ocd-bill/f128402a-cb3b-48e3-bcd4-1348019ba393	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB587	10706e24e5f66d7dd6eb1dcd16b6e47fff4a72f46d1ee2242f9afb38e132779c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 587 (20032004) — Voter registration.

Version chain

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

1. 02/18/03 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 06/19/03 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 09/17/03 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
4. AB587 (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/02/03 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · lower
• ab 587 ridley-thomas concurrence in senate amendments — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — pass (pass) · lower
• ab 587 ridley-thomas assembly third reading — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · upper
• assembly 3rd reading ab587 ridley-thoma by soto — pass (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Ridley-Thomas — primary (person)
• Dymally — coauthor (person)
• Escutia — coauthor (person)
• Firebaugh — coauthor (person)
• Leno — coauthor (person)
• Levine — coauthor (person)
• Mullin — coauthor (person)
• Nunez — coauthor (person)
• Soto — coauthor (person)
• Yee — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2003-09-17 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 385, Statutes of 2003.
• 2003-09-16 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 45. Noes 33. Page 3301.) 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.
• 2003-08-28 Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 22. Noes 13. Page 2198.) 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
• 2003-07-03 From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 3. Noes 2.). committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2003-06-19 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Elections and Redistricting. referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1
• 2003-06-12 Referred to Standing Committee on Elections and Redistricting. referral-committee
• 2003-06-03 In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. reading-1
• 2003-06-02 Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 44. Noes 32. Page 2061.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2003-05-29 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 7.) (May 28). Read second time. To third reading. committee-passage-favorable, reading-2, committee-passage, reading-1
• 2003-05-07 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. referral-committee
• 2003-04-23 From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (April 22). committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2003-02-27 Referred to Com. on E.,R. & C.A. 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/f128402a-cb3b-48e3-bcd4-1348019ba393. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).