---
type: "Bill"
title: "Vehicles: hazardous materials endorsement."
description: "Vehicles: hazardous materials endorsement."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 2040"
citation: "California AB 2040 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Vehicles: hazardous materials endorsement."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["La Suer"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 23
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2004-02-17"
last_action: "2004-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/79c66a18-a8a6-455c-a8ab-db46ad1f0751"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2040"
source_hash: "5b3724c97171f8fd9b2b5b6da14e9a6ce4ee6b25329b2e7dcec3581d6d0968c3"
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 2040 (20032004) — Vehicles: hazardous materials endorsement.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/17/04 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2040&version=20030AB204099INT)
2. **04/01/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2040&version=20030AB204098AMD)
3. **05/03/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2040&version=20030AB204097AMD)
4. **06/23/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2040&version=20030AB204096AMD)
5. **09/27/04 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2040&version=20030AB204094CHP)
6. **AB2040** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2040)
7. **08/24/04 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2040&version=20030AB204095ENR)

## Votes

- special consent cale ab2040 la suer — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 2040 la suer consent calendar second day regular session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- do pass as amended, to consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 2040 la suer concurrence in senate amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- placed on appropriations suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- do pass and re-refer to committee on appropriations with recommendation: to consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- La Suer — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 801, Statutes of 2004.
- **2004-09-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2004-09-02** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2004-08-24** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 7532.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2004-08-18** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 20 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2004-08-18** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 5060.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-08-17** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-08-16** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (August 12). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2004-06-28** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **2004-06-23** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-06-16** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2004-05-20** Referred to Standing Committee on Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **2004-05-10** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2004-05-10** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 5631.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-05-04** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-05-03** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-04-29** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. (April 28). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2004-04-13** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (April 12). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2004-04-12** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **2004-04-01** 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`
- **2004-02-26** Referred to Standing Committee on Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **2004-02-18** From printer. May be heard in committee March 19.
- **2004-02-17** 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/79c66a18-a8a6-455c-a8ab-db46ad1f0751`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).