---
type: "Bill"
title: "Vehicles: child passenger restraint system."
description: "Vehicles: child passenger restraint system."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 1697"
citation: "California AB 1697 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Vehicles: child passenger restraint system."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pavley"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 22
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2003-02-21"
last_action: "2003-09-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/70210687-425c-4195-8c56-326a25413775"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1697"
source_hash: "ac7a9c5a0a2c68fc9f07c783fe8a60e1160bbf5a479571528015e659deb9f79c"
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 1697 (20032004) — Vehicles: child passenger restraint system.

## 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=200320040AB1697&version=20030AB169799INT)
2. **06/24/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1697&version=20030AB169798AMD)
3. **08/27/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1697&version=20030AB169797AMD)
4. **09/25/03 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1697&version=20030AB169795CHP)
5. **AB1697** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1697)
6. **09/05/03 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1697&version=20030AB169796ENR)

## Votes

- assembly 3rd reading ab1697 pavley by murray — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 1697 pavley assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 1697 pavley concurrence in senate amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Pavley — primary (person)
- Hancock — coauthor (person)
- Koretz — coauthor (person)
- Laird — coauthor (person)
- Leno — coauthor (person)
- Soto — coauthor (person)
- Steinberg — coauthor (person)
- Vargas — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-09-25** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 524, Statutes of 2003.
- **2003-09-24** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2003-09-16** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11 a.m.
- **2003-09-05** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 59. Noes 19. Page 3452.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **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 22. Noes 14. Page 2273.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-08-28** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-08-27** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-07-16** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-07-15** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 4.). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2003-07-02** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 8. Noes 2.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **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 62. Noes 12. Page 1698.) `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 19. Noes 4.) (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 17. Noes 0.) (April 21). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2003-03-10** 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/70210687-425c-4195-8c56-326a25413775`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).