---
type: "Bill"
title: "Vehicles: instruction permits: driving instructor licenses: provisional licensing program."
description: "Vehicles: instruction permits: driving instructor licenses: provisional licensing program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 1343"
citation: "California AB 1343 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Vehicles: instruction permits: driving instructor licenses: provisional licensing program."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Spitzer"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 23
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2003-02-21"
last_action: "2003-10-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f468239d-758a-47af-ac0f-1d18953d44d6"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1343"
source_hash: "12ce2f6924a759b4ae1cbaaf266e6069044fe4303fdf8d40ec7698d22754dd3e"
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 1343 (20032004) — Vehicles: instruction permits: driving instructor licenses: provisional licensing program.

## 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=200320040AB1343&version=20030AB134399INT)
2. **03/25/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1343&version=20030AB134398AMD)
3. **05/06/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1343&version=20030AB134397AMD)
4. **10/11/03 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1343&version=20030AB134395CHP)
5. **AB1343** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1343)
6. **09/03/03 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1343&version=20030AB134396ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- assembly 3rd reading ab1343 spitzer by torlakson — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- do pass, to consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 1343 spitzer consent calendar second day regular session — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Spitzer — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-10-11** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 768, Statutes of 2003.
- **2003-10-10** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2003-09-17** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2003-09-03** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2003-09-03** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 32. Noes 3.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-07-15** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-07-14** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2003-07-02** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 8. Noes 1.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2003-06-05** Referred to Standing Committee on Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-23** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2003-05-22** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 1857.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-05-19** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-05-15** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 14). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2003-05-07** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-06** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-05-05** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (April 28). `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, committee-passage`
- **2003-04-07** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2003-03-26** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-25** 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`
- **2003-03-06** 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/f468239d-758a-47af-ac0f-1d18953d44d6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).