---
type: "Bill"
title: "Vehicles: preferential lanes."
description: "Vehicles: preferential lanes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 2628"
citation: "California AB 2628 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Vehicles: preferential lanes."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pavley"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 27
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2004-02-20"
last_action: "2004-09-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/127acfc2-f597-4724-8f29-c528bcb5075e"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2628"
source_hash: "896c6a848fa746315e6b03b8733034dab2cdedebc9941fc23070c19364662814"
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 2628 (20032004) — Vehicles: preferential lanes.

## 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=200320040AB2628&version=20030AB262899INT)
2. **04/01/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2628&version=20030AB262898AMD)
3. **06/08/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2628&version=20030AB262897AMD)
4. **06/23/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2628&version=20030AB262896AMD)
5. **07/15/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2628&version=20030AB262895AMD)
6. **08/17/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2628&version=20030AB262894AMD)
7. **08/23/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2628&version=20030AB262893AMD)
8. **09/23/04 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2628&version=20030AB262891CHP)
9. **AB2628** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2628)
10. **08/26/04 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2628&version=20030AB262892ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 2628 pavley assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- assembly 3rd reading ab2628 pavley by perata — **pass** (pass) · upper
- placed on appropriations suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Pavley — primary (person)
- Alarcon — coauthor (person)
- Berg — coauthor (person)
- Chavez — coauthor (person)
- Frommer — coauthor (person)
- Hancock — coauthor (person)
- Harman — coauthor (person)
- Levine — coauthor (person)
- Lieber — coauthor (person)
- Liu — coauthor (person)
- Longville — coauthor (person)
- Matthews — coauthor (person)
- Nakano — principal coauthor (person)
- Nation — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-09-23** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 725, Statutes of 2004.
- **2004-09-23** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2004-09-13** Enrolled and to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2004-08-26** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 41. Noes 31. Page 7858.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2004-08-25** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 7721.)
- **2004-08-24** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 26 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2004-08-24** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 29. Noes 7. Page 5267.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-08-23** Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. `reading-3, amendment-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 4.) (August 12). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2004-08-04** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **2004-07-29** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2004-07-15** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-06-23** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-06-22** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 10. Noes 1.). `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, committee-passage`
- **2004-06-08** 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`
- **2004-05-20** Referred to Standing Committee on Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **2004-05-06** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2004-05-06** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 60. Noes 13. Page 5552.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-04-26** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-04-22** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 19. Noes 1.) (April 21). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2004-04-13** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 12. Noes 1.) (April 12). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2004-04-12** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **2004-04-01** 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`
- **2004-03-08** Referred to Standing Committee on Transportation. `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/127acfc2-f597-4724-8f29-c528bcb5075e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).