---
type: "Bill"
title: "Vehicles."
description: "Vehicles."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 2397"
citation: "California AB 2397 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Vehicles."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Correa"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 23
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2002-02-21"
last_action: "2002-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9587dc8d-676e-4f1c-aab1-a511e37af1a6"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2397"
source_hash: "8aa6d6218809f433102b0ac429515d1138b01f773f74262ba73e75f3af201e8e"
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 2397 (20012002) — Vehicles.

## 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=200120020AB2397&version=20010AB239799INT)
2. **04/23/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2397&version=20010AB239798AMD)
3. **08/05/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2397&version=20010AB239797AMD)
4. **09/27/02 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2397&version=20010AB239795CHP)
5. **AB2397** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2397)
6. **08/25/02 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2397&version=20010AB239796ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 2397 Correa Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- SPECIAL CONSENT CALE AB2397 Correa — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 2397 Correa Special Consent Calendar 2nd Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Correa — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 947, Statutes of 2002.
- **2002-09-26** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2002-09-06** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2002-08-25** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 8089.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2002-08-22** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 24 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
- **2002-08-22** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5638.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-08-19** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-08-15** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2002-08-07** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2002-08-05** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Transportation. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-06-19** In committee: Set, second hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2002-06-13** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2002-05-23** Referred to Standing Committee on Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **2002-05-16** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2002-05-16** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 6170.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-05-13** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-05-09** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 8). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2002-04-29** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2002-04-23** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2002-04-22** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 15). `amendment-introduction, referral-committee, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2002-03-18** Referred to Standing Committee on Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **2002-02-22** From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
- **2002-02-21** Assembly Rule 49(a) suspended. 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/9587dc8d-676e-4f1c-aab1-a511e37af1a6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).