republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20032004/ab-2404.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Discrimination: athletic programs."
description: "Discrimination: athletic programs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 2404"
citation: "California AB 2404 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Discrimination: athletic programs."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Steinberg"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 23
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2004-02-19"
last_action: "2004-09-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1edf92a1-67d1-4d10-aba2-0920fd427347"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2404"
source_hash: "4e7163bcaa3ab0d0ecba9cf152b55a67d75ac7afc21c72beea36379af4a7363e"
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 2404 (20032004) — Discrimination: athletic programs.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/19/04 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2404&version=20030AB240499INT)
2. **03/22/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2404&version=20030AB240498AMD)
3. **05/20/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2404&version=20030AB240497AMD)
4. **05/26/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2404&version=20030AB240496AMD)
5. **06/29/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2404&version=20030AB240495AMD)
6. **08/16/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2404&version=20030AB240494AMD)
7. **09/28/04 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2404&version=20030AB240492CHP)
8. **AB2404** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2404)
9. **08/24/04 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2404&version=20030AB240493ENR)

## Votes

- do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 2404 steinberg assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- assembly 3rd reading ab2404 steinberg by romero — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 2404 steinberg concurrence in senate amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Steinberg — primary (person)
- Jackson — principal coauthor (person)
- Romero — principal coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-09-28** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 852, Statutes of 2004.
- **2004-09-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2004-09-02** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2004-08-24** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 64. Noes 13. Page 7620.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2004-08-19** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 21 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2004-08-19** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 21. Noes 11. Page 5092.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-08-17** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-08-16** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-06-29** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-06-28** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2004-06-09** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2004-05-28** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2004-05-27** Assembly Rule 69(d) suspended. (Page 6144.) Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 3. Page 6168.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-05-26** Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-05-24** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-05-20** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 15. Noes 4.) (May 19). Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-04-21** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2004-03-31** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (March 30). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2004-03-25** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2004-03-22** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Judiciary Read second time and amended. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-03-04** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2004-02-20** From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
- **2004-02-19** 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/1edf92a1-67d1-4d10-aba2-0920fd427347`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).