---
type: "Bill"
title: "Vehicles: regulation."
description: "Vehicles: regulation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 1238"
citation: "California AB 1238 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Vehicles: regulation."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Firebaugh"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 29
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2003-02-21"
last_action: "2003-10-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/939a8be3-d638-4a39-b374-79fbf5b34c71"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1238"
source_hash: "f2345b009e7bede9350cc8fb5d58cdf435cebd86346044e3b3e6af1010641982"
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 1238 (20032004) — Vehicles: regulation.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/21/03 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1238&version=20030AB123899INT)
2. **04/10/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1238&version=20030AB123898AMD)
3. **06/24/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1238&version=20030AB123897AMD)
4. **07/01/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1238&version=20030AB123896AMD)
5. **08/29/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1238&version=20030AB123895AMD)
6. **10/09/03 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1238&version=20030AB123893CHP)
7. **AB1238** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1238)
8. **09/18/03 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1238&version=20030AB123894ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 1238 firebaugh concurrence in senate amendments by oropeza — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- assembly 3rd reading ab1238 firebaugh by murray — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 1238 firebaugh assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- senate amendments be concurred in. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Firebaugh — primary (person)
- Chesbro — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-10-09** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 729, Statutes of 2003.
- **2003-10-08** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2003-09-19** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2003-09-10** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 58. Noes 19. Page 3734.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2003-09-09** From committee: With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 12. Noes 1.) (September 9). `committee-passage`
- **2003-09-04** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Transportation pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee`
- **2003-09-03** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 5 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2003-09-03** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 26. Noes 13. Page 2309.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-09-02** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-08-29** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-08-20** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-08-19** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 4.) (August 18). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2003-07-09** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 9. Noes 3.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2003-07-01** 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. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-06-24** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2003-06-24** 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. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-05-29** Referred to Standing Committee on Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-15** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2003-05-15** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 54. Noes 19. Page 1696.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-05-12** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-05-08** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 18. Noes 3.) (May 7). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2003-04-22** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 15. Noes 2.) (April 21). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2003-04-21** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-10** 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`
- **2003-04-07** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2003-03-06** Referred to Standing Committee on Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-24** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2003-02-23** From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
- **2003-02-21** Introduced. To print. `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/939a8be3-d638-4a39-b374-79fbf5b34c71`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).