---
type: "Bill"
title: "Commercial air carriers: hot air balloons."
description: "Commercial air carriers: hot air balloons."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 2430"
citation: "California AB 2430 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Commercial air carriers: hot air balloons."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wiggins"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 28
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2004-02-19"
last_action: "2004-09-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c0758369-3e93-4981-8676-4c1ac226ae2a"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2430"
source_hash: "78e7b9fc57b56cf3dc0e2c27b40b74b524e251569d82654f9d36c75d9cfdabc3"
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 2430 (20032004) — Commercial air carriers: hot air balloons.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/19/04 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2430&version=20030AB243099INT)
2. **04/12/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2430&version=20030AB243098AMD)
3. **04/21/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2430&version=20030AB243097AMD)
4. **05/17/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2430&version=20030AB243096AMD)
5. **06/16/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2430&version=20030AB243095AMD)
6. **06/30/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2430&version=20030AB243094AMD)
7. **08/09/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2430&version=20030AB243093AMD)
8. **09/29/04 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2430&version=20030AB243091CHP)
9. **AB2430** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2430)
10. **08/24/04 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2430&version=20030AB243092ENR)

## Votes

- ab 2430 wiggins concurrence in senate amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 2430 wiggins consent calendar second day regular session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- assembly 3rd reading ab2430 wiggins by chesbro — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Judiciary. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- do pass as amended, to consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Wiggins — primary (person)
- Chesbro — principal coauthor (person)
- Haynes — coauthor (person)
- Machado — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-09-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 881, Statutes of 2004.
- **2004-09-29** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2004-08-31** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2004-08-24** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 7602.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2004-08-19** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 21 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2004-08-19** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 5097.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-08-09** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-08-05** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and be amended. `amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2004-07-29** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2004-07-02** Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2004-06-30** 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`
- **2004-06-29** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2004-06-16** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-06-15** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Judiciary (Ayes 6. Noes 0.). `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, committee-passage`
- **2004-05-27** Referred to Standing Committee on Energy, Utilities and Communications and Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2004-05-20** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2004-05-20** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 5866.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-05-18** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-05-17** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-05-13** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. (May 12). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2004-04-22** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2004-04-21** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-04-20** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (April 19). `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, committee-passage`
- **2004-04-13** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **2004-04-12** 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`
- **2004-03-18** Referred to Standing Committee on Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **2004-02-20** From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
- **2004-02-19** 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/c0758369-3e93-4981-8676-4c1ac226ae2a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).