---
type: "Bill"
title: "Vehicles."
description: "Vehicles."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 1718"
citation: "California AB 1718 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Vehicles."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Transportation"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 27
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2003-02-27"
last_action: "2003-09-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/59aaacc0-2e4c-4890-b959-f14c98065dd1"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1718"
source_hash: "3b19053c67ee8b80784720d3fdc1fe31c27ab93bb32af7d308e173cda3d99e35"
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 1718 (20032004) — Vehicles.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/27/03 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1718&version=20030AB171899INT)
2. **04/09/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1718&version=20030AB171898AMD)
3. **04/29/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1718&version=20030AB171897AMD)
4. **06/09/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1718&version=20030AB171896AMD)
5. **09/22/03 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1718&version=20030AB171894CHP)
6. **AB1718** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1718)
7. **09/02/03 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1718&version=20030AB171895ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 1718 trans. consent calendar second day regular session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- do pass, to consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- special consent #27 ab1718 committee on trans. (dutra) — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- do pass as amended and re-refer to committee on appropriations with recommendation: to consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 1718 trans. special consent calendar 2nd day regular session — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Committee on Transportation — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-09-22** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 451, Statutes of 2003.
- **2003-09-20** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2003-09-09** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2003-09-02** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 3336.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2003-08-28** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
- **2003-08-28** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2207.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-08-26** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-08-25** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2003-08-20** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2003-07-28** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2003-07-17** Joint Rule 61(a)(9) suspended. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 1861.)
- **2003-07-03** Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2003-07-02** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2003-06-09** 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 and Standing Committee on Judiciary. `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 76. Noes 0. Page 1713.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-05-12** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-05-08** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 7). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2003-04-30** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-29** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-04-28** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 20. Noes 0.) (April 21). `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, committee-passage`
- **2003-04-10** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-09** 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`
- **2003-03-13** Referred to Standing Committee on Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-28** From printer. May be heard in committee March 30.
- **2003-02-27** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/59aaacc0-2e4c-4890-b959-f14c98065dd1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).