republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20032004/ab-593.md

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Bill	Voter registration.	Voter registration.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20032004	AB 593	California AB 593 (20032004)	bill	Voter registration.	enacted	Ridley-Thomas	7	25	8	2003-02-18	2003-10-11	openstates	ocd-bill/028f4d6f-4054-48de-99ee-cc57d5418923	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB593	8a5aee252f982d1e24963e6eee049ab66e7dc90ee7ea97b12176c350a49353a5	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 593 (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. 06/27/03 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 07/17/03 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 09/02/03 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 10/11/03 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. AB593 (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/05/03 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass. — pass (pass) · lower
• assembly 3rd reading ab593 ridley-thoma by romero — pass (pass) · upper
• ab 593 ridley-thomas concurrence in senate amendments — pass (pass) · lower
• ab 593 ridley-thomas assembly third reading — pass (pass) · lower
• placed on appropriations suspense file. — pass (pass) · upper
• do pass as amended. — pass (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Rules. — pass (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Ridley-Thomas — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2003-10-11 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 819, Statutes of 2003.
• 2003-10-10 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2003-09-16 Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.
• 2003-09-05 Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 47. Noes 32. Page 3459.) committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2003-09-03 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 5 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2003-09-03 Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 23. Noes 14. Page 2311.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2003-09-02 Read second time, amended, and to third reading. reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2003-08-29 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 5.). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
• 2003-08-20 In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
• 2003-08-19 Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 2047.)
• 2003-08-18 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2003-07-21 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee. Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. referral-committee
• 2003-07-17 Joint Rule 61(a)(9) suspended. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 1861.) 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
• 2003-07-09 Re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. referral-committee
• 2003-07-03 From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Rules Re-referred. (Ayes 3. Noes 0.). committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2003-06-27 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 and Standing Committee on Rules. 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 48. Noes 31. Page 2062.) 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/028f4d6f-4054-48de-99ee-cc57d5418923. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).