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California 2003-2004 Regular Session Status: To Executive

SB 79 — Court administration.

Last action August 01, 2003 — Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 149, Statutes of 2003.

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Introduced
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Passed Senate
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Passed Assembly
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To Executive
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Enacted

This bill died with 2003-2004 Regular Session. It reached “To Executive” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

Bill Text

Chaptered 08/01/03 - Chaptered Current pdf August 01, 2003
Enrolled 07/21/03 - Enrolled pdf July 21, 2003
Amended 06/23/03 - Amended Assembly pdf June 23, 2003
Amended 05/29/03 - Amended Assembly pdf May 29, 2003
Amended 05/23/03 - Amended Assembly pdf May 23, 2003
Amended 03/24/03 - Amended Senate pdf March 24, 2003
Introduced 01/22/03 - Introduced pdf January 22, 2003
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Action History

August 01, 2003
Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 149, Statutes of 2003.
July 31, 2003
Approved by Governor.
July 24, 2003
Enrolled. To Governor at 2 p.m.
July 21, 2003
Senate concurs in Assembly amendments. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 1918.) To enrollment.
July 16, 2003
To Special Consent Calendar.
July 10, 2003
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 2743.) To Senate.
July 10, 2003
In Senate. To unfinished business.
July 06, 2003
Read second time. To Consent Calendar.
July 03, 2003
From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 23. Noes 0.)
June 23, 2003
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time. Amended. Re-referred to committee.
June 11, 2003
From committee: Do pass, but first be re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations.
May 29, 2003
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time. Amended. Re-referred to committee.
May 23, 2003
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time. Amended. Re-referred to committee.
May 22, 2003
To Standing Committee on Judiciary.
May 08, 2003
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 882.) To Assembly.
May 08, 2003
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
May 01, 2003
To Special Consent Calendar.
April 29, 2003
Read second time. To third reading.
April 28, 2003
From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.
April 16, 2003
Set for hearing April 28.
April 02, 2003
From committee: Do pass, but first be re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 430.) Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations.
March 24, 2003
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time. Amended. Re-referred to committee.
March 18, 2003
Set for hearing April 1.
January 27, 2003
To Standing Committee on Judiciary.
January 23, 2003
From print. May be acted upon on or after February 22.
January 22, 2003
Introduced. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. To print.

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 121 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Committee on Judiciary

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.

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Votes

special consent #20 sb79 committee on jud. (escutia)

July 21, 2003

Passed 35 Yea · 0 Nay

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Unaffiliated	34	0	0	0
Republican	1	0	0	0
Total	35	0	0	0
% of votes cast	100%	0%	0%	0%

How each member voted (35)

Member	Party	Vote
Hollingsworth	—	Yea
Cedillo	—	Yea
Chesbro	—	Yea
Ackerman	—	Yea
Alarcon	—	Yea
Alpert	—	Yea
Denham	—	Yea
Battin	—	Yea
Brulte	—	Yea
Burton	—	Yea
Dunn	—	Yea
Escutia	—	Yea
Figueroa	—	Yea
Karnette	—	Yea
Kuehl	—	Yea
Ducheny	—	Yea
Machado	—	Yea
Margett	—	Yea
McClintock	—	Yea
McPherson	—	Yea
Morrow	—	Yea
Murray	—	Yea
Oller	—	Yea
Perata	—	Yea
Poochigian	—	Yea
Scott	—	Yea
Sher	—	Yea
Soto	—	Yea
Speier	—	Yea
Torlakson	—	Yea
Aanestad	—	Yea
Ashburn	—	Yea
Knight	—	Yea
Florez	—	Yea
Johnson, Natasha	Republican	Yea

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sb 79 jud. consent calendar second day

July 10, 2003

Passed 80 Yea · 0 Nay · 5 Other

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Unaffiliated	75	0	0	4
Democratic	4	0	0	1
Republican	1	0	0	0
Total	80	0	0	5
% of votes cast	94%	0%	0%	6%

How each member voted (85)

Member	Party	Vote
Hancock	—	Yea
Aghazarian	—	Yea
Chu	—	Yea
Cogdill	—	Yea
Berg	—	Yea
Bermudez	—	Yea
Bogh	—	Yea
Campbell	—	Yea
Canciamilla	—	Yea
Harman	—	Yea
Cohn	—	Yea
Kehoe	—	Yea
Leno	—	Yea
Liu	—	Yea
Daucher	—	Yea
Diaz	—	Yea
McLeod	—	Yea
Dymally	—	Yea
Frommer	—	Yea
Garcia	—	Yea
Goldberg	—	Yea
Haynes	—	Yea
Jerome	—	Yea
Horton	—	Yea
Shirley	—	Yea
Horton	—	Yea
Houston	—	Yea
Keene	—	Yea
Koretz	—	Yea
La	—	Yea
La	—	Yea
Suer	—	Yea
Leslie	—	Yea
Lieber	—	Yea
Longville	—	Yea
Lowenthal	—	Yea
Maddox	—	Yea
Matthews	—	Yea
Maze	—	Yea
McCarthy	—	Yea
Montanez	—	Yea
Mountjoy	—	Yea
Nakanishi	—	Yea
Nakano	—	Yea
Nation	—	Yea
Negrete	—	Yea
Nunez	—	Yea
Parra	—	Yea
Plescia	—	Yea
Richman	—	Yea
Runner	—	Yea
Salinas	—	Yea
Samuelian	—	Yea
Cox	—	Yea
Dutton	—	Yea
Mullin	—	Yea
Oropeza	—	Yea
Ridley-Thomas	—	Yea
Spitzer	—	Yea
Wesson	—	Yea
Chan	—	Not Voting
Chavez	—	Not Voting
Dutra	—	Not Voting
Firebaugh	—	Not Voting
Wyland	—	Yea
Yee	—	Yea
Vargas	—	Yea
Wiggins	—	Yea
Wolk	—	Yea
Bates	—	Yea
Benoit	—	Yea
Levine	—	Yea
Maldonado	—	Yea
Pavley	—	Yea
Simitian	—	Yea
Steinberg	—	Yea
Corbett	—	Yea
Correa	—	Yea
La Malfa	—	Yea
Calderon, Lisa	Democratic	Not Voting
Jackson, Corey A.	Democratic	Yea
Laird, John	Democratic	Yea
Pacheco, Blanca	Democratic	Yea
Reyes, Eloise Gómez	Democratic	Yea
Strickland, Tony	Republican	Yea

Official roll call →

do pass, to consent calendar.

July 02, 2003

Passed 24 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Unaffiliated	22	0	0	1
Democratic	2	0	0	0
Total	24	0	0	1
% of votes cast	96%	0%	0%	4%

How each member voted (25)

Member	Party	Vote
Berg	—	Yea
Daucher	—	Yea
Diaz	—	Yea
Goldberg	—	Yea
Haynes	—	Yea
Yee	—	Yea
Nation	—	Yea
Negrete	—	Yea
Nunez	—	Yea
Runner	—	Yea
Samuelian	—	Yea
Firebaugh	—	Not Voting
Corbett	—	Yea
Maldonado	—	Yea
Pavley	—	Yea
Ridley-Thomas	—	Yea
Simitian	—	Yea
Steinberg	—	Yea
Wiggins	—	Yea
Bates	—	Yea
Leno	—	Yea
McLeod	—	Yea
Correa	—	Yea
Calderon, Lisa	Democratic	Yea
Pacheco, Blanca	Democratic	Yea

Official roll call →

do pass, to consent calendar.

June 10, 2003

Passed 12 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Unaffiliated	9	0	0	1
Democratic	3	0	0	0
Total	12	0	0	1
% of votes cast	92%	0%	0%	8%

How each member voted (13)

Member	Party	Vote
Hancock	—	Yea
Dutra	—	Yea
Lieber	—	Yea
Longville	—	Yea
Montanez	—	Yea
Spitzer	—	Not Voting
Steinberg	—	Yea
Bates	—	Yea
Harman	—	Yea
Corbett	—	Yea
Jackson, Corey A.	Democratic	Yea
Laird, John	Democratic	Yea
Pacheco, Blanca	Democratic	Yea

Official roll call →

special consent #7 sb79 committee on jud. (escutia)

May 08, 2003

Passed 39 Yea · 0 Nay

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Unaffiliated	38	0	0	0
Republican	1	0	0	0
Total	39	0	0	0
% of votes cast	100%	0%	0%	0%

How each member voted (39)

Member	Party	Vote
Hollingsworth	—	Yea
Knight	—	Yea
Chesbro	—	Yea
Ackerman	—	Yea
Alarcon	—	Yea
Alpert	—	Yea
Battin	—	Yea
Bowen	—	Yea
Brulte	—	Yea
Burton	—	Yea
Escutia	—	Yea
Figueroa	—	Yea
Karnette	—	Yea
Ashburn	—	Yea
Denham	—	Yea
Kuehl	—	Yea
Machado	—	Yea
Margett	—	Yea
McClintock	—	Yea
McPherson	—	Yea
Morrow	—	Yea
Murray	—	Yea
Oller	—	Yea
Ortiz	—	Yea
Perata	—	Yea
Poochigian	—	Yea
Scott	—	Yea
Sher	—	Yea
Soto	—	Yea
Speier	—	Yea
Vasconcellos	—	Yea
Vincent	—	Yea
Torlakson	—	Yea
Aanestad	—	Yea
Romero	—	Yea
Cedillo	—	Yea
Ducheny	—	Yea
Florez	—	Yea
Johnson, Natasha	Republican	Yea

Official roll call →

Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent.

April 01, 2003

Passed 6 Yea · 0 Nay

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Unaffiliated	6	0	0	0
Total	6	0	0	0
% of votes cast	100%	0%	0%	0%

How each member voted (6)

Member	Party	Vote
Ackerman	—	Yea
Escutia	—	Yea
Kuehl	—	Yea
Morrow	—	Yea
Sher	—	Yea
Ducheny	—	Yea

Official roll call →

Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors SB 79?: SB 79 is sponsored by Committee on Judiciary.
What is the current status of SB 79?: This bill died with 2003-2004 Regular Session. It reached “To Executive” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
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At a glance

Identifier: SB 79
Jurisdiction: California
Session: 2003-2004 Regular Session
Type: Bill
Introduced: January 22, 2003
Status: To Executive
Prime sponsor: Committee on Judiciary

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