---
type: "Bill"
title: "Transportation: transit boards."
description: "Transportation: transit boards."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 117"
citation: "California AB 117 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Transportation: transit boards."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kehoe"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 24
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2003-01-14"
last_action: "2003-08-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c2db4bec-a336-46a1-ab5a-9357d491f954"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB117"
source_hash: "ff8aad351b14881a52d0aece7509cb22f2359e2e1a1ab30535b96033af019e93"
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 117 (20032004) — Transportation: transit boards.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/14/03 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB117&version=20030AB11799INT)
2. **02/25/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB117&version=20030AB11798AMD)
3. **04/07/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB117&version=20030AB11797AMD)
4. **06/24/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB117&version=20030AB11796AMD)
5. **08/11/03 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB117&version=20030AB11794CHP)
6. **AB117** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB117)
7. **07/14/03 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB117&version=20030AB11795ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- assembly 3rd reading ab117 kehoe by alpert — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 117 kehoe assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 117 kehoe concurrence in senate amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kehoe — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-08-11** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 202, Statutes of 2003.
- **2003-08-09** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2003-08-04** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11 a.m.
- **2003-07-15** (Corrected July 14. )
- **2003-07-10** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 46. Noes 28. Page 2726.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2003-07-07** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 9 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2003-07-07** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 22. Noes 12. Page 1661.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-06-25** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-06-24** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-06-23** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-06-19** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 3.). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2003-05-12** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2003-05-08** Referred to Standing Committee on Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-10** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2003-04-10** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 46. Noes 26. Page 1028.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-04-07** Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-03-12** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-03-11** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 3.) (March 10). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2003-03-03** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2003-02-26** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-25** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Transportation Read second time and amended. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-01-30** Referred to Standing Committee on Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **2003-01-15** From printer. May be heard in committee February 14.
- **2003-01-14** 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/c2db4bec-a336-46a1-ab5a-9357d491f954`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).