---
type: "Bill"
title: "Vehicles."
description: "Vehicles."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 2201"
citation: "California AB 2201 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Vehicles."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Firebaugh"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 26
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2004-02-18"
last_action: "2004-09-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/32811771-b638-4acc-abe7-87f4d9af449a"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2201"
source_hash: "8afa74ad5e9c336392e8d260b028b367aeb6391cbac474a1af380e8b026adeb2"
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 2201 (20032004) — Vehicles.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/18/04 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2201&version=20030AB220199INT)
2. **04/12/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2201&version=20030AB220198AMD)
3. **04/13/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2201&version=20030AB220197AMD)
4. **07/19/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2201&version=20030AB220196AMD)
5. **08/11/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2201&version=20030AB220195AMD)
6. **09/14/04 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2201&version=20030AB220193CHP)
7. **AB2201** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2201)
8. **08/24/04 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2201&version=20030AB220194ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Judiciary Recommend Consent. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- special consent cale ab2201 firebaugh by soto — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 2201 firebaugh concurrence in senate amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 2201 firebaugh assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Firebaugh — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-09-14** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 518, Statutes of 2004.
- **2004-09-14** 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 75. Noes 3. Page 7614.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2004-08-16** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 18 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2004-08-16** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 4963.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-08-12** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-08-11** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-08-09** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-08-05** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2004-07-29** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2004-07-19** 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`
- **2004-06-22** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2004-06-21** Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2004-06-16** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Judiciary with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2004-06-03** Referred to Standing Committee on Transportation and Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2004-05-26** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2004-05-25** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 5981.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-05-20** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (May 19). Read second time. To third reading. `committee-passage-favorable, reading-2, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-04-20** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 10. Noes 3.) (April 19). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2004-04-14** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **2004-04-13** 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`
- **2004-04-12** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Transportation Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Transportation In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-03-01** Referred to Standing Committee on Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **2004-02-19** From printer. May be heard in committee March 20.
- **2004-02-18** 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/32811771-b638-4acc-abe7-87f4d9af449a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).