---
type: "Bill"
title: "Vehicles: removal."
description: "Vehicles: removal."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 1847"
citation: "California AB 1847 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Vehicles: removal."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Koretz"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 23
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2004-01-29"
last_action: "2004-08-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4eae8627-4798-44e2-a831-b96c81566886"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1847"
source_hash: "194bcd7fd7e64be37f0074ec1d746cf9b61a718649b20d8effd51bec53c546c8"
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 1847 (20032004) — Vehicles: removal.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/29/04 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1847&version=20030AB184799INT)
2. **03/18/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1847&version=20030AB184798AMD)
3. **06/17/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1847&version=20030AB184797AMD)
4. **08/30/04 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1847&version=20030AB184795CHP)
5. **AB1847** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1847)
6. **08/16/04 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1847&version=20030AB184796ENR)

## Votes

- ab 1847 koretz concurrence in senate amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 1847 koretz assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 1847 koretz assembly third reading move previous question — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 1847 koretz assembly third reading amend by haynes set #1 lay on the table — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- assembly 3rd reading ab1847 koretz by torlakson — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Koretz — primary (person)
- Jerome Horton — coauthor (person)
- Kehoe — coauthor (person)
- Matthews — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-08-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 371, Statutes of 2004.
- **2004-08-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2004-08-19** Enrolled and to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2004-08-16** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 65. Noes 13. Page 7127.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2004-08-05** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 7 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2004-08-05** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 28. Noes 0. Page 4788.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-07-14** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-07-13** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2004-07-07** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2004-06-30** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2004-06-17** 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`
- **2004-06-02** Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **2004-05-27** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary and Standing Committee on Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **2004-05-18** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2004-05-17** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 46. Noes 24. Page 5717.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-04-26** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-04-22** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 19. Noes 1.) (April 21). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2004-04-13** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 11. Noes 2.) (April 12). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2004-03-22** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Transportation In committee: Hearing postponed by committee. `referral-committee`
- **2004-03-18** 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`
- **2004-02-19** Referred to Standing Committee on Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **2004-01-30** From printer. May be heard in committee February 29.
- **2004-01-29** 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/4eae8627-4798-44e2-a831-b96c81566886`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).