---
type: "Bill"
title: "Vehicles: dealers."
description: "Vehicles: dealers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 871"
citation: "California AB 871 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Vehicles: dealers."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cox"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2001-02-22"
last_action: "2001-10-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/af5fdbcd-96c3-4d13-b99e-a9d6a866e525"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB871"
source_hash: "5ff699585d090bbb7c25e2d475973f1212d30219b4bc832edde21cadb4ac10aa"
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 871 (20012002) — Vehicles: dealers.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/22/01 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB871&version=20010AB87199INT)
2. **06/27/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB871&version=20010AB87198AMD)
3. **08/22/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB871&version=20010AB87197AMD)
4. **10/03/01 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB871&version=20010AB87195CHP)
5. **AB871** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB871)
6. **08/30/01 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB871&version=20010AB87196ENR)

## Votes

- AB 871 Cox Consent Calendar Second Day — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent #26 AB871 Cox — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 871 Cox Special Consent Calendar 2nd Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cox — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-10-03** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 460, Statutes of 2001.
- **2001-10-02** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2001-09-10** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2001-08-30** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 3309.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2001-08-28** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
- **2001-08-27** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2450.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-08-22** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2001-08-21** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and be amended. `amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2001-07-11** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2001-06-27** 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`
- **2001-06-21** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2001-06-12** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2001-05-21** Referred to Standing Committee on Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **2001-05-10** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2001-05-10** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1517.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-05-07** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-05-03** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 2). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2001-04-17** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 16). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2001-03-12** Referred to Standing Committee on Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **2001-02-25** From printer. May be heard in committee March 27.
- **2001-02-22** 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/af5fdbcd-96c3-4d13-b99e-a9d6a866e525`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).