---
type: "Bill"
title: "Department of Motor Vehicles: records."
description: "Department of Motor Vehicles: records."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 184"
citation: "California AB 184 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Department of Motor Vehicles: records."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lowenthal"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 25
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2003-01-27"
last_action: "2003-10-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d456e047-878d-462d-9e79-e3326ab85d3e"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB184"
source_hash: "dcd2520b4db763b1071c5487f47838cb3bb49346578983d06e294332a27d5d82"
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 184 (20032004) — Department of Motor Vehicles: records.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/27/03 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB184&version=20030AB18499INT)
2. **02/27/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB184&version=20030AB18498AMD)
3. **08/25/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB184&version=20030AB18497AMD)
4. **08/29/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB184&version=20030AB18496AMD)
5. **10/09/03 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB184&version=20030AB18494CHP)
6. **AB184** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB184)
7. **09/08/03 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB184&version=20030AB18495ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Transportation. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- special consent cale ab184 lowenthal by alpert — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 184 lowenthal concurrence in senate amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 184 lowenthal assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Lowenthal — primary (person)
- Alpert — coauthor (person)
- Cedillo — coauthor (person)
- Corbett — coauthor (person)
- Goldberg — coauthor (person)
- Karnette — coauthor (person)
- Kuehl — coauthor (person)
- Pavley — coauthor (person)
- Romero — coauthor (person)
- Speier — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-10-09** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 720, Statutes of 2003.
- **2003-10-08** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2003-09-16** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2003-09-08** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 3572.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2003-09-05** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2003-09-04** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2349.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-09-02** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-08-29** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-08-25** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-08-21** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2003-07-16** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2003-07-10** Joint Rule 61(a)(9) suspended. (Page 1731.)
- **2003-07-01** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Transportation Re-referred. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2003-06-24** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2003-06-12** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety and Standing Committee on Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **2003-06-03** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2003-06-02** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 1. Page 2053.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-05-29** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 19. Noes 4.) (May 28). Read second time. To third reading. `committee-passage-favorable, reading-2, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-04-02** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **2003-03-11** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 16. Noes 2.) (March 10). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2003-03-03** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-27** 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`
- **2003-02-03** Referred to Standing Committee on Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **2003-01-28** From printer. May be heard in committee February 27.
- **2003-01-27** 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/d456e047-878d-462d-9e79-e3326ab85d3e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).