---
type: "Bill"
title: "Excessive speed: enhancements: provisions."
description: "Excessive speed: enhancements: provisions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 2237"
citation: "California AB 2237 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Excessive speed: enhancements: provisions."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Parra"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 16
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2004-02-18"
last_action: "2004-08-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9d7b9ab7-8a19-4058-b782-c07c91544b01"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2237"
source_hash: "05b2c231698d6db2962d830d136131502b9510055ccdcdc5fe4933c0225683b7"
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 2237 (20032004) — Excessive speed: enhancements: provisions.

## 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=200320040AB2237&version=20030AB223799INT)
2. **06/07/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2237&version=20030AB223798AMD)
3. **08/25/04 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2237&version=20030AB223796CHP)
4. **AB2237** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2237)
5. **08/12/04 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2237&version=20030AB223797ENR)

## Votes

- ab 2237 parra concurrence in senate amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- assembly 3rd reading ab2237 parra by alarcon — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 2237 parra assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Parra — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-08-25** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 300, Statutes of 2004.
- **2004-08-24** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2004-08-16** Enrolled and to the Governor at 5 p.m.
- **2004-08-12** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 73. Noes 4. Page 7021.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2004-07-02** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 4 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2004-07-01** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 30. Noes 1. Page 4520.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-06-07** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-06-03** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2004-05-13** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2004-04-29** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2004-04-29** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 66. Noes 3. Page 5426.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-04-28** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-04-27** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (April 26). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **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/9d7b9ab7-8a19-4058-b782-c07c91544b01`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).