republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20032004/ab-847.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Natural resources: State Coastal Conservancy."
description: "Natural resources: State Coastal Conservancy."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 847"
citation: "California AB 847 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Natural resources: State Coastal Conservancy."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pavley"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 23
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2003-02-20"
last_action: "2003-09-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b9dc4eb2-485d-44e0-ad8d-f606079726ef"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB847"
source_hash: "076d7613a6238db3b4211a0b499bc2dcb77a03302e863a64906e843e4f55d21e"
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 847 (20032004) — Natural resources: State Coastal Conservancy.

## 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=200320040AB847&version=20030AB84799INT)
2. **04/10/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB847&version=20030AB84798AMD)
3. **06/02/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB847&version=20030AB84797AMD)
4. **07/17/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB847&version=20030AB84796AMD)
5. **09/24/03 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB847&version=20030AB84794CHP)
6. **AB847** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB847)
7. **09/05/03 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB847&version=20030AB84795ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 847 pavley assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- assembly 3rd reading ab847 pavley by figueroa — **pass** (pass) · upper
- do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- placed on appropriations suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 847 pavley concurrence in senate amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Pavley — primary (person)
- Kehoe — principal coauthor (person)
- Laird — principal coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-09-24** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 492, Statutes of 2003.
- **2003-09-24** 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 74. Noes 4. Page 3460.) `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 30. Noes 9. Page 2306.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-09-02** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-08-29** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 3.). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2003-08-18** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **2003-07-17** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-07-16** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 8. Noes 1.). `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, committee-passage`
- **2003-06-12** Referred to Standing Committee on Natural Resources And Water. `referral-committee`
- **2003-06-04** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2003-06-03** Read second time. To third reading. Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 2118.) `passage, reading-3, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-06-02** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 23. Noes 1.) (May 28). Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-04-30** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-22** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 9. Noes 1.) (April 21). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2003-04-21** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Natural Resources (Corrected April 17. ). `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-10** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Natural Resources Read second time and amended. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-04-07** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2003-03-10** Referred to Standing Committee on Natural Resources. `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-23** From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
- **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/b9dc4eb2-485d-44e0-ad8d-f606079726ef`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).