---
type: "Bill"
title: "Vehicle registration: smog certificate validity."
description: "Vehicle registration: smog certificate validity."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 2303"
citation: "California AB 2303 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Vehicle registration: smog certificate validity."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Runner"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2002-02-21"
last_action: "2002-07-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b2370bcc-68c7-4eb6-a14a-34fe7ae9590d"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2303"
source_hash: "9a625b46843defbb9cd98780571ed2cd0af1706780f5da6591b7e5330ebdd27e"
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 2303 (20012002) — Vehicle registration: smog certificate validity.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/21/02 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2303&version=20010AB230399INT)
2. **07/09/02 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2303&version=20010AB230397CHP)
3. **AB2303** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2303)
4. **06/20/02 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2303&version=20010AB230398ENR)

## Votes

- AB 2303 Runner Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- SPECIAL CONSENT CALE AB2303 Runner — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be placed on the Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Runner — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-07-09** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 127, Statutes of 2002.
- **2002-07-09** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2002-06-28** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11:45 a.m.
- **2002-06-20** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2002-06-20** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 4867.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-06-18** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-06-17** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2002-06-17** From Consent Calendar. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2002-06-12** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-06-11** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2002-05-16** Referred to Standing Committee on Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **2002-05-06** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2002-05-06** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 5931.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-05-01** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-04-30** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (April 29). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2002-03-07** Referred to Standing Committee on Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **2002-02-22** From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
- **2002-02-21** 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/b2370bcc-68c7-4eb6-a14a-34fe7ae9590d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).