---
type: "Bill"
title: "Boating safety."
description: "Boating safety."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 2222"
citation: "California AB 2222 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Boating safety."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Koretz"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 27
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2004-02-18"
last_action: "2004-09-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e1e21304-9653-4cfb-a0bf-3fa608bb8e4c"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2222"
source_hash: "16f5994b7f4ab02abdb65b8d29bb2918b886a12067bfa95efdee6e5066e69daf"
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 2222 (20032004) — Boating safety.

## 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=200320040AB2222&version=20030AB222299INT)
2. **04/12/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2222&version=20030AB222298AMD)
3. **04/26/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2222&version=20030AB222297AMD)
4. **05/20/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2222&version=20030AB222296AMD)
5. **06/15/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2222&version=20030AB222295AMD)
6. **08/17/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2222&version=20030AB222294AMD)
7. **09/17/04 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2222&version=20030AB222292CHP)
8. **AB2222** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2222)
9. **08/25/04 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2222&version=20030AB222293ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 2222 koretz concurrence in senate amendments by oropeza — **pass** (pass) · lower
- do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- assembly 3rd reading ab2222 koretz — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- placed on appropriations suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Transportation. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 2222 koretz assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Koretz — primary (person)
- Lieber — coauthor (person)
- Negrete McLeod — coauthor (person)
- Soto — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-09-17** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 565, Statutes of 2004.
- **2004-09-17** 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 67. Noes 9. Page 7671.) `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 23. Noes 8. Page 5199.) `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 7. Noes 5.) (August 12). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2004-07-19** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **2004-07-13** 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`
- **2004-06-22** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Transportation Re-referred. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2004-06-15** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Natural Resources And Water. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-06-03** Referred to Standing Committee on Natural Resources And Water and Standing Committee on Transportation. `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 59. Noes 19. Page 6019.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-05-24** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-05-20** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 17. Noes 2.) (May 19). Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. (Corrected May 24. ) `amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-05-05** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2004-04-27** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2004-04-26** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Read second time and amended. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-04-20** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (April 19). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **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. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-03-18** Referred to Standing Committee on Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **2004-02-20** (Corrected February 19. )
- **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/e1e21304-9653-4cfb-a0bf-3fa608bb8e4c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).