---
type: "Bill"
title: "Paratransit vehicles: high-occupancy vehicle lanes."
description: "Paratransit vehicles: high-occupancy vehicle lanes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 2582"
citation: "California AB 2582 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Paratransit vehicles: high-occupancy vehicle lanes."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chu"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2002-02-21"
last_action: "2002-08-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/add3ef84-9de7-474d-bc3d-d19a2265d887"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2582"
source_hash: "dbdcd91ec42b31058c675ea2fbca968a609241a83e6cf3f02834f6b2d259d3e8"
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 2582 (20012002) — Paratransit vehicles: high-occupancy vehicle lanes.

## 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=200120020AB2582&version=20010AB258299INT)
2. **05/06/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2582&version=20010AB258298AMD)
3. **08/26/02 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2582&version=20010AB258296CHP)
4. **AB2582** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2582)
5. **08/12/02 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2582&version=20010AB258297ENR)

## Votes

- AB 2582 Chu Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB2582 Chu By Murray — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chu — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-08-26** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 277, Statutes of 2002.
- **2002-08-26** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2002-08-16** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2002-08-12** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2002-08-12** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 27. Noes 5. Page 5356.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-08-07** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-08-06** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 2.) (August 5). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2002-07-01** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2002-06-20** Read second time. To third reading. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2002-06-19** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 1.). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2002-05-23** Referred to Standing Committee on Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **2002-05-14** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2002-05-13** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 2. Page 6056.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-05-07** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-05-06** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2002-05-02** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 29). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2002-03-07** Referred to Standing Committee on Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **2002-02-24** From printer. May be heard in committee March 26.
- **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/add3ef84-9de7-474d-bc3d-d19a2265d887`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).