republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20032004/ab-2905.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public safety officials."
description: "Public safety officials."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 2905"
citation: "California AB 2905 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public safety officials."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Spitzer"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 25
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2004-02-20"
last_action: "2004-08-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/770a9456-9c8c-4efb-a148-4def3eb6a16d"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2905"
source_hash: "01f09a9b131678a8e625bb8a650759de34d175fa6a67a5ef0692874df8a14fb7"
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 2905 (20032004) — Public safety officials.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/20/04 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2905&version=20030AB290599INT)
2. **04/26/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2905&version=20030AB290598AMD)
3. **05/12/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2905&version=20030AB290597AMD)
4. **05/20/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2905&version=20030AB290596AMD)
5. **08/23/04 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2905&version=20030AB290594CHP)
6. **AB2905** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2905)
7. **07/29/04 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2905&version=20030AB290595ENR)

## Votes

- special consent cale ab2905 spitzer — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **fail** (fail) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 2905 spitzer assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Spitzer — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-08-23** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 248, Statutes of 2004.
- **2004-08-23** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2004-08-09** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2004-08-05** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2004-07-29** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 4731.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-07-21** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-07-20** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2004-07-13** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2004-06-22** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2004-06-09** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2004-05-27** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2004-05-26** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 6085.) `reading-3, 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 17. Noes 0.) (May 19). Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-05-19** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2004-05-13** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2004-05-12** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-05-11** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (May 6). `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, committee-passage`
- **2004-05-06** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 5545.)
- **2004-05-04** In committee: Set first hearing. Failed passage. Reconsideration granted.
- **2004-04-27** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2004-04-26** 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`
- **2004-04-12** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2004-02-22** From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
- **2004-02-20** 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/770a9456-9c8c-4efb-a148-4def3eb6a16d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).