---
type: "Bill"
title: "Motor vehicles: headlamps: inclement weather."
description: "Motor vehicles: headlamps: inclement weather."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 1854"
citation: "California AB 1854 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Motor vehicles: headlamps: inclement weather."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Simitian"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 22
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2004-01-29"
last_action: "2004-09-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3fb73a30-2167-44bf-aac6-fcd273f884dd"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1854"
source_hash: "35c5d842d4781662f06b9a0be6ee68407a217854f8c88121bd3ff3072ba43106"
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 1854 (20032004) — Motor vehicles: headlamps: inclement weather.

## 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=200320040AB1854&version=20030AB185499INT)
2. **03/30/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1854&version=20030AB185498AMD)
3. **04/15/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1854&version=20030AB185497AMD)
4. **09/09/04 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1854&version=20030AB185495CHP)
5. **AB1854** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1854)
6. **08/16/04 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1854&version=20030AB185496ENR)

## Votes

- assembly 3rd reading ab1854 simitian by torlakson — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 1854 simitian assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Simitian — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-09-09** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 415, Statutes of 2004.
- **2004-09-09** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2004-08-24** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11 a.m.
- **2004-08-16** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2004-08-16** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 23. Noes 9. Page 4948.) `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 9. Noes 2.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2004-05-27** Referred to 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 63. Noes 16. Page 5727.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-05-10** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-05-06** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 20. Noes 1.) (May 5). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2004-04-16** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2004-04-15** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-04-14** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 12). `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, committee-passage`
- **2004-03-31** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **2004-03-30** 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`
- **2004-02-24** 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/3fb73a30-2167-44bf-aac6-fcd273f884dd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).