---
type: "Bill"
title: "Department of Motor Vehicles: employee qualifications."
description: "Department of Motor Vehicles: employee qualifications."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 2075"
citation: "California AB 2075 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Department of Motor Vehicles: employee qualifications."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Benoit"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 22
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2004-02-17"
last_action: "2004-09-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/af0a6d20-1ca4-4901-b756-2cdbd507d720"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2075"
source_hash: "3e90b9b847094a0ef3920ed028d2a4544e2c5354b8f2cce5b296abc53a37d52b"
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 2075 (20032004) — Department of Motor Vehicles: employee qualifications.

## 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=200320040AB2075&version=20030AB207599INT)
2. **04/01/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2075&version=20030AB207598AMD)
3. **07/13/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2075&version=20030AB207597AMD)
4. **08/17/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2075&version=20030AB207596AMD)
5. **09/09/04 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2075&version=20030AB207594CHP)
6. **AB2075** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2075)
7. **08/25/04 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2075&version=20030AB207595ENR)

## Votes

- placed on appropriations suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- assembly 3rd reading ab2075 benoit by brulte — **pass** (pass) · upper
- do pass, to consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 2075 benoit concurrence in senate amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 2075 benoit consent calendar second day regular session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Benoit — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-09-09** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 419, Statutes of 2004.
- **2004-09-09** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2004-09-03** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2004-08-25** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 7667.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2004-08-23** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 25 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2004-08-23** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 29. Noes 0. Page 5200.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-08-17** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-08-16** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (August 12). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2004-08-04** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **2004-07-29** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2004-07-13** 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`
- **2004-06-30** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 8. Noes 1.). `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 74. Noes 0. Page 5760.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-05-10** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-05-06** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 5). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2004-04-21** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 21). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2004-04-12** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Employees, Retirement and Social Security. `referral-committee`
- **2004-04-01** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Employees, Retirement and Social Security From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Public Employees, Retirement and Social Security Read second time and amended. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **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/af0a6d20-1ca4-4901-b756-2cdbd507d720`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).