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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Victims of crime: authorized representative."
description: "Victims of crime: authorized representative."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 976"
citation: "California AB 976 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Victims of crime: authorized representative."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Montanez"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2003-02-20"
last_action: "2003-09-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6cef5ca4-1d5e-4c45-b82a-39f167a467dd"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB976"
source_hash: "4029cdcf5939ca1eba2ec57ad4738c5216053ece135ae7444bd8cbfc5a1b6262"
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 976 (20032004) — Victims of crime: authorized representative.
## 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=200320040AB976&version=20030AB97699INT)
2. **04/10/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB976&version=20030AB97698AMD)
3. **06/25/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB976&version=20030AB97697AMD)
4. **09/04/03 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB976&version=20030AB97695CHP)
5. **AB976** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB976)
6. **08/21/03 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB976&version=20030AB97696ENR)
## Votes
- ab 976 montanez 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) · lower
- ab 976 montanez third reading urgency — **pass** (pass) · lower
- special consent #20 ab976 montanez — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Montanez — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2003-09-04** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 281, Statutes of 2003.
- **2003-09-03** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2003-08-26** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
- **2003-08-21** Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 3051.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2003-07-24** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 26 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2003-07-21** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 1915.) `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`
- **2003-06-25** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-06-24** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 5. Noes 0.). `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, committee-passage`
- **2003-05-29** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-20** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2003-05-19** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1753.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-05-12** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-05-08** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 23. Noes 1.) (May 7). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2003-04-24** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 22). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2003-04-21** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-10** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Public Safety Read second time and amended. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-03-24** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **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/6cef5ca4-1d5e-4c45-b82a-39f167a467dd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).