---
type: "Bill"
title: "Vehicles: manufacturers: disclosure."
description: "Vehicles: manufacturers: disclosure."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 213"
citation: "California AB 213 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Vehicles: manufacturers: disclosure."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Leslie"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 25
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2003-01-29"
last_action: "2003-09-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/14123f09-4878-493b-a705-1ccb79c30646"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB213"
source_hash: "bcac01ae7f0ffd0db0c2eae56f1983871b505cbfee12e5487c3ff04d792869df"
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 213 (20032004) — Vehicles: manufacturers: disclosure.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/29/03 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB213&version=20030AB21399INT)
2. **03/03/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB213&version=20030AB21398AMD)
3. **03/12/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB213&version=20030AB21397AMD)
4. **07/03/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB213&version=20030AB21396AMD)
5. **07/14/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB213&version=20030AB21395AMD)
6. **08/18/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB213&version=20030AB21394AMD)
7. **09/22/03 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB213&version=20030AB21392CHP)
8. **AB213** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB213)
9. **08/28/03 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB213&version=20030AB21393ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- special consent #24 ab213 leslie — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- do pass, to consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 213 leslie special consent calendar 2nd day regular session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 213 leslie consent calendar second day — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Leslie — primary (person)
- Bowen — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-09-22** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 427, Statutes of 2003.
- **2003-09-20** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2003-09-08** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2003-08-28** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 3235.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2003-08-25** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 27 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
- **2003-08-25** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2117.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-08-20** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-08-19** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2003-08-18** 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`
- **2003-07-14** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-07-10** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 6. Noes 0.). `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, committee-passage`
- **2003-07-03** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-05-08** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-10** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2003-04-10** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 1036.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-04-07** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-04-03** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (April 2). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2003-03-13** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-12** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-03-11** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (March 10). `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, committee-passage`
- **2003-03-04** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-03** 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`
- **2003-02-07** Referred to Standing Committee on Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **2003-01-30** From printer. May be heard in committee March 1.
- **2003-01-29** 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/14123f09-4878-493b-a705-1ccb79c30646`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).