California 2003-2004 Regular Session Status: Enacted

AB 944 — Property and business improvement areas: benefit assessments.

Last action — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 763, Statutes of 2003.

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed Assembly
  4. ✓
    Passed Senate
  5. ✓
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 20, 2003. Enacted.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 70% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

How often bills like it became law.

  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 1 sponsor

    1 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 5 recorded votes so far.

Prognosis reads this bill's own signals — stage, sponsorship breadth, committee status, recorded votes and cross-state momentum. Odds come from a model trained on which bills have become law.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 763, Statutes of 2003.

  2. Approved by the Governor.

  3. Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.

  4. In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Local Government pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Ayes 46. Noes 32. Page 3874.) From committee: With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 6. Noes 3.) (September 12). Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 41. Noes 33. Page 3899.).

  5. Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 22. Noes 15. Page 2493.)

  6. Withdrawn from committee. Ordered placed on third reading file.

  7. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules.

  8. From inactive file. To second reading.

  9. To inactive file on motion of Senator Machado.

  10. Read second time. To third reading.

  11. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 4. Noes 3.).

  12. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Local Government.

  13. In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.

  14. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Local Government.

  15. Referred to Standing Committee on Local Government.

  16. Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 47. Noes 22. Page 1539.)

  17. In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment.

  18. Read second time. To third reading.

  19. Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.

  20. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (April 23).

  21. In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.

  22. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Local Government.

  23. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Local Government Read second time and amended.

  24. Referred to Standing Committee on Local Government and Standing Committee on Agriculture.

  25. From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.

  26. Read first time. To print.

Sponsors

  • Steinberg · Primary

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 121 not signed on · 2 voted No

Sponsors (1)

  • Steinberg

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (121)

121 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

Whip count is in markup. Polling the chamber and every recorded vote this session. Only the first open is slow. It’s instant for you after this. Calling the roll · Tallying · Engrossing

Votes

senate amendments be concurred in.

Passed 6 Yea · 4 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 6400
Total 6400
% of votes cast 60%40%0%0%
How each member voted (10)
Member Party Vote
Leno — Yea
Wiggins — Yea
Lieber — Yea
Salinas — Yea
Daucher — Nay
Garcia — Nay
La — Nay
Suer — Nay
Mullin — Yea
Steinberg — Yea

Official roll call →

assembly 3rd reading ab944 steinberg by perata

Passed 22 Yea · 15 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 221500
Total 221500
% of votes cast 59%41%0%0%
How each member voted (37)
Member Party Vote
Cedillo — Yea
Chesbro — Yea
Alarcon — Yea
Alpert — Yea
Burton — Yea
Dunn — Yea
Escutia — Yea
Figueroa — Yea
Karnette — Yea
Kuehl — Yea
Ducheny — Yea
Machado — Yea
Murray — Yea
Ortiz — Yea
Perata — Yea
Sher — Yea
Soto — Yea
Speier — Yea
Vasconcellos — Yea
Vincent — Yea
Ackerman — Nay
Battin — Nay
Bowen — Nay
Brulte — Nay
Margett — Nay
McClintock — Nay
McPherson — Nay
Morrow — Nay
Oller — Nay
Poochigian — Nay
Denham — Nay
Knight — Nay
Romero — Yea
Aanestad — Nay
Ashburn — Nay
Hollingsworth — Nay
Florez — Yea

Official roll call →

Do pass.

Passed 4 Yea · 3 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 4300
Total 4300
% of votes cast 57%43%0%0%
How each member voted (7)
Member Party Vote
Machado — Yea
Perata — Yea
Soto — Yea
Ackerman — Nay
Margett — Nay
Hollingsworth — Nay
Torlakson — Yea

Official roll call →

ab 944 matthews assembly third reading

Passed 48 Yea · 24 Nay · 13 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 4322012
Democratic 5200
Republican 0001
Total 4824013
% of votes cast 56%28%0%15%
How each member voted (85)
Member Party Vote
Hancock — Yea
Berg — Yea
Bermudez — Yea
Chan — Yea
Chavez — Yea
Cohn — Yea
Harman — Nay
Diaz — Yea
Dutra — Yea
Dymally — Yea
Firebaugh — Yea
Frommer — Yea
Goldberg — Yea
Yee — Yea
Koretz — Yea
Lieber — Yea
Longville — Yea
Matthews — Yea
Montanez — Yea
Nakano — Yea
Nation — Yea
Negrete — Yea
Nunez — Yea
Parra — Yea
Richman — Yea
Salinas — Yea
Wesson — Yea
Aghazarian — Nay
Chu — Yea
Cogdill — Nay
Bogh — Nay
Kehoe — Yea
Leno — Yea
Liu — Yea
Haynes — Nay
Keene — Nay
La — Nay
Malfa — Nay
La — Nay
Suer — Nay
Maze — Nay
McCarthy — Nay
Mountjoy — Nay
Nakanishi — Nay
Plescia — Nay
Runner — Nay
Spitzer — Nay
Campbell — Not Voting
Canciamilla — Not Voting
Daucher — Not Voting
Jerome — Not Voting
Horton — Not Voting
Shirley — Not Voting
Dutton — Nay
McLeod — Yea
Mullin — Yea
Pavley — Yea
Simitian — Yea
Steinberg — Yea
Wiggins — Yea
Wolk — Yea
Horton — Not Voting
Houston — Not Voting
Leslie — Not Voting
Maddox — Not Voting
Samuelian — Not Voting
Bates — Nay
Benoit — Nay
Levine — Not Voting
Maldonado — Yea
Oropeza — Yea
Ridley-Thomas — Yea
Vargas — Yea
Wyland — Nay
Corbett — Yea
Correa — Yea
Cox — Nay
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Garcia, Robert Democratic Nay
Jackson, Corey A. Democratic Yea
Laird, John Democratic Yea
Lowenthal, Josh Democratic Yea
Pacheco, Blanca Democratic Nay
Reyes, Eloise Gómez Democratic Yea
Strickland, Tony Republican Not Voting

Official roll call →

do pass as amended.

Passed 6 Yea · 2 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 6201
Democratic 0001
Total 6202
% of votes cast 60%20%0%20%
How each member voted (10)
Member Party Vote
Leno — Yea
Lieber — Yea
Salinas — Yea
La — Nay
Suer — Nay
Daucher — Not Voting
Mullin — Yea
Steinberg — Yea
Wiggins — Yea
Garcia, Robert Democratic Not Voting

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Subjects

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