---
type: "Bill"
title: "Vehicles: traffic violator schools."
description: "Vehicles: traffic violator schools."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 1479"
citation: "California AB 1479 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Vehicles: traffic violator schools."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chu"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 31
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2003-02-21"
last_action: "2003-09-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ac18e07e-be66-4192-9631-95ed941c6387"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1479"
source_hash: "3fe376746442b9a24138deb572a901d4f622781a7d3af519a40268e8bb7163e4"
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 1479 (20032004) — Vehicles: traffic violator schools.

## 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=200320040AB1479&version=20030AB147999INT)
2. **05/06/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1479&version=20030AB147998AMD)
3. **06/02/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1479&version=20030AB147997AMD)
4. **07/03/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1479&version=20030AB147996AMD)
5. **08/18/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1479&version=20030AB147995AMD)
6. **09/25/03 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1479&version=20030AB147993CHP)
7. **AB1479** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1479)
8. **09/10/03 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1479&version=20030AB147994ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- senate amendments be concurred in. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 1479 chu assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 1479 chu concurrence in senate amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- assembly 3rd reading ab1479 chu by karnette — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Chu — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-09-25** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 518, Statutes of 2003.
- **2003-09-24** 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 53. Noes 26. Page 3734.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2003-09-09** From committee: With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (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.
- **2003-09-02** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 26. Noes 13. Page 2270.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **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`
- **2003-08-18** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-08-18** (Corrected August 18. )
- **2003-07-16** 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`
- **2003-07-10** Joint Rule 61(a)(9) suspended. (Page 1731.)
- **2003-07-07** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2003-07-03** 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`
- **2003-06-25** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2003-06-24** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2003-06-19** Referred to Standing Committee on Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **2003-06-05** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2003-06-04** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 45. Noes 33. Page 2255.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-06-03** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-06-02** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 17. Noes 7.) (May 28). Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-05-21** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **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 12. Noes 5.) (April 28). `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, committee-passage`
- **2003-03-24** 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/ac18e07e-be66-4192-9631-95ed941c6387`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).