---
type: "Bill"
title: "Automotive repair."
description: "Automotive repair."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 1079"
citation: "California AB 1079 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Automotive repair."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bermudez"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 25
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2003-02-20"
last_action: "2004-09-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2b83560b-e378-4faf-8f7b-ccb589ca5bb9"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1079"
source_hash: "c5fe4ac796ff38e27afa392e9bcb3c67545845f20451aef9077cae5f54c17436"
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 1079 (20032004) — Automotive repair.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/20/03 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1079&version=20030AB107999INT)
2. **04/10/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1079&version=20030AB107998AMD)
3. **05/01/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1079&version=20030AB107997AMD)
4. **07/09/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1079&version=20030AB107996AMD)
5. **08/23/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1079&version=20030AB107995AMD)
6. **09/29/04 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1079&version=20030AB107993CHP)
7. **AB1079** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1079)
8. **08/25/04 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1079&version=20030AB107994ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- assembly 3rd reading ab1079 bermudez by aanestad — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 1079 bermudez concurrence in senate amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 1079 bermudez assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bermudez — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-09-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 874, Statutes of 2004.
- **2004-09-29** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2004-09-09** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2004-08-25** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 7721.) Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 7768.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2004-08-24** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 26 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2004-08-24** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5298.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-08-23** From inactive file. To second reading. Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-09-08** To inactive file on motion of Senator Figueroa.
- **2003-08-20** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-08-19** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2003-07-17** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2003-07-10** Joint Rule 61(a)(9) suspended. (Page 1731.)
- **2003-07-09** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-05-22** Referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-13** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2003-05-12** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1618.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-05-08** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-05-07** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (May 6). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2003-05-05** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 1426.). `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-01** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection Read second time and amended. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-04-29** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2003-04-21** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-10** Referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection Read second time and amended. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-02-23** From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
- **2003-02-20** 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/2b83560b-e378-4faf-8f7b-ccb589ca5bb9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).