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Bill	Written reports: preparation.	Written reports: preparation.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20032004	AB 79	California AB 79 (20032004)	bill	Written reports: preparation.	enacted	Dutra	12	31	6	2002-12-23	2004-09-09	openstates	ocd-bill/612ffe20-e6a4-4977-8c91-a26d95fe4d7d	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB79	d3926f093df5e72de202f81063309432c37aaa6051c5cfd1677b295627db7676	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 79 (20032004) — Written reports: preparation.

Version chain

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

1. 12/23/02 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 02/04/04 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 03/19/03 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 03/25/04 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 05/27/03 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 06/26/03 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 07/13/04 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
8. 08/11/04 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
9. 08/26/03 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
10. 09/09/04 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
11. AB79 (committee substitute) — source
12. 08/18/04 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• ab 79 dutra consent calendar second day regular session — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · lower
• ab 79 dutra concurrence in senate amendments — pass (pass) · lower
• do pass, to consent calendar. — pass (pass) · lower
• assembly 3rd reading ab79 dutra by speier — pass (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Dutra — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2004-09-09 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 409, Statutes of 2004.
• 2004-09-09 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2004-08-26 Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.
• 2004-08-18 Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 7293.) committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2004-08-16 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 18 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2004-08-16 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. (Ayes 30. Noes 1. Page 4962.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2004-08-12 Read second time. To third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2004-08-11 Read third time, amended. To second reading. reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2004-07-21 Read second time. To third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2004-07-20 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage
• 2004-07-13 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1
• 2004-06-22 From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 9. Noes 1.). committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2004-03-25 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization. referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1
• 2004-02-04 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization. referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1
• 2003-08-26 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization. referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1
• 2003-07-08 In committee: Set, second hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2003-06-26 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization. referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1
• 2003-06-10 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2003-05-27 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization. referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1
• 2003-05-08 Referred to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization. referral-committee
• 2003-04-24 In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. reading-1
• 2003-04-24 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 1253.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2003-04-21 Read second time. To Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2003-04-10 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (April 9). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2003-04-02 From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (April 1). committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2003-03-20 Re-referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. referral-committee
• 2003-03-19 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection Read second time and amended. referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1
• 2003-01-13 Referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. referral-committee
• 2003-01-06 Read first time. reading-1
• 2003-01-02 From printer. May be heard in committee February 1.
• 2002-12-23 Introduced. To print. introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/612ffe20-e6a4-4977-8c91-a26d95fe4d7d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).