---
type: "Bill"
title: "Vehicles: vehicle length limitation."
description: "Vehicles: vehicle length limitation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 1409"
citation: "California AB 1409 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Vehicles: vehicle length limitation."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wolk"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 26
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2003-02-21"
last_action: "2003-09-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b31ed22a-0194-431d-acee-bbaab255a84b"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1409"
source_hash: "25419f51694f865913c5343b80712fed401d29fddb7e85eea65c501a5194c96f"
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 1409 (20032004) — Vehicles: vehicle length limitation.

## 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=200320040AB1409&version=20030AB140999INT)
2. **05/07/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1409&version=20030AB140998AMD)
3. **06/19/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1409&version=20030AB140997AMD)
4. **08/18/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1409&version=20030AB140996AMD)
5. **09/17/03 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1409&version=20030AB140994CHP)
6. **AB1409** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1409)
7. **08/28/03 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1409&version=20030AB140995ENR)

## Votes

- do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 1409 wolk concurrence in senate amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- assembly 3rd reading ab1409 wolk by torlakson — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 1409 wolk assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Wolk — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-09-17** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 399, Statutes of 2003.
- **2003-09-16** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2003-09-08** Enrolled and to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2003-08-28** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 60. Noes 11. Page 3224.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2003-08-25** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 27 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2003-08-25** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 34. Noes 2. Page 2134.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-08-19** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-08-18** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-07-22** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-07-21** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2003-07-09** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 9. Noes 1.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2003-06-19** 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`
- **2003-06-05** Referred to Standing Committee on Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-28** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2003-05-27** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 4. Page 1912.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-05-23** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-05-22** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 20. Noes 4.) (May 21). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2003-05-08** Read second time. To third reading. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations pursuant to Joint Rule 10.5. `referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-05-07** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-05-06** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 5.) (April 28). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2003-04-23** In committee: Set, second hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **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/b31ed22a-0194-431d-acee-bbaab255a84b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).