republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20032004/ab-826.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "The Perchlorate Contamination Prevention Act: perchlorate materials: statewide database."
description: "The Perchlorate Contamination Prevention Act: perchlorate materials: statewide database."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 826"
citation: "California AB 826 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["The Perchlorate Contamination Prevention Act: perchlorate materials: statewide database."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jackson"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 23
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2003-02-20"
last_action: "2003-09-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7998682d-0c63-4b06-b5af-9f0f2ea24429"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB826"
source_hash: "37662b7faf5b380e23ea0e8e25522f4feb554d3cc714a8c9d0bc7142118204e4"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California AB 826 (20032004) — The Perchlorate Contamination Prevention Act: perchlorate materials: statewide database.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/20/03 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB826&version=20030AB82699INT)
2. **04/10/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB826&version=20030AB82698AMD)
3. **05/07/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB826&version=20030AB82697AMD)
4. **07/03/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB826&version=20030AB82696AMD)
5. **09/02/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB826&version=20030AB82695AMD)
6. **09/08/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB826&version=20030AB82694AMD)
7. **09/29/03 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB826&version=20030AB82692CHP)
8. **AB826** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB826)
9. **09/11/03 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB826&version=20030AB82693ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- assembly 3rd reading ab826 jackson by sher — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 826 jackson concurrence in senate amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 826 jackson assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- placed on appropriations suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jackson — primary (person)
- Laird — coauthor (person)
- Lieber — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-09-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 608, Statutes of 2003.
- **2003-09-29** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2003-09-24** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2 p.m. (Corrected September 16. )
- **2003-09-11** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 60. Noes 19. Page 3781.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2003-09-10** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2003-09-09** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 29. Noes 10. Page 2429.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-09-08** Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. `reading-3, amendment-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`
- **2003-08-18** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **2003-07-08** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2003-07-03** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on ENV. QUAL. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-06-12** Referred to Com. on ENV. QUAL. `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 71. Noes 7. Page 2085.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-05-29** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 5.) (May 28). Read second time. To third reading. `committee-passage-favorable, reading-2, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-05-08** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-07** Read second time and amended. (Corrected May 21. ) `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-05-06** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 29). `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, committee-passage`
- **2003-04-21** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials. `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-10** Referred to Standing Committee on Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials Read second time and amended. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-02-21** From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
- **2003-02-20** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7998682d-0c63-4b06-b5af-9f0f2ea24429`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).