---
type: "Bill"
title: "Natural resources: California Environmental License Plate Fund: California Environmental Protection Program."
description: "Natural resources: California Environmental License Plate Fund: California Environmental Protection Program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 2514"
citation: "California AB 2514 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Natural resources: California Environmental License Plate Fund: California Environmental Protection Program."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Natural Resources"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 28
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2004-02-20"
last_action: "2004-09-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3aa636da-25a0-4016-a060-36c7d9804ca7"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2514"
source_hash: "d4ae3f315178d62f814a3c8f620a6c8b77ec5f9ff717e14604727c387763287c"
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 2514 (20032004) — Natural resources: California Environmental License Plate Fund: California Environmental Protection Program.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/20/04 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2514&version=20030AB251499INT)
2. **05/03/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2514&version=20030AB251498AMD)
3. **05/12/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2514&version=20030AB251497AMD)
4. **05/20/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2514&version=20030AB251496AMD)
5. **06/14/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2514&version=20030AB251495AMD)
6. **07/01/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2514&version=20030AB251494AMD)
7. **08/19/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2514&version=20030AB251493AMD)
8. **09/15/04 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2514&version=20030AB251491CHP)
9. **AB2514** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2514)
10. **08/26/04 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2514&version=20030AB251492ENR)

## Votes

- assembly 3rd reading ab2514 committee on nat. res. (jackson) by alpert — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 2514 nat. res. assembly third reading by jackson — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Committee on Natural Resources — primary (person)
- Oropeza — principal coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-09-15** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 540, Statutes of 2004.
- **2004-09-15** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2004-09-10** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
- **2004-08-26** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 7802.) Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 51. Noes 28. Page 7838.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2004-08-25** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 27 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2004-08-25** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 25. Noes 11. Page 5333.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-08-23** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-08-19** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-07-21** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-07-20** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 1.). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2004-07-12** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2004-07-07** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2004-07-01** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-06-30** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 9. Noes 2.). `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, committee-passage`
- **2004-06-14** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Transportation. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-06-09** Referred to Standing Committee on Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **2004-05-27** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2004-05-26** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 46. Noes 31. Page 6070.) `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 16. Noes 5.) (May 19). Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-05-19** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2004-05-13** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2004-05-12** 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`
- **2004-05-04** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Natural Resources From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 3.) (May 3). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2004-05-03** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Natural Resources Read second time and amended. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-03-08** Referred to Standing Committee on Natural Resources. `referral-committee`
- **2004-02-22** From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
- **2004-02-20** 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/3aa636da-25a0-4016-a060-36c7d9804ca7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).