---
type: "Bill"
title: "Vehicles: wireless telephones."
description: "Vehicles: wireless telephones."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 2785"
citation: "California AB 2785 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Vehicles: wireless telephones."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nakano"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2004-02-20"
last_action: "2004-09-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/28b326f2-7625-4cdf-a4c0-0a8203aa420f"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2785"
source_hash: "bc10a91bfef9b78ee9a147210e1c1f7c124e00e6ce97902ee3ba97f21d2e219d"
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 2785 (20032004) — Vehicles: wireless telephones.

## 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=200320040AB2785&version=20030AB278599INT)
2. **04/15/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2785&version=20030AB278598AMD)
3. **09/14/04 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2785&version=20030AB278596CHP)
4. **AB2785** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2785)
5. **08/18/04 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2785&version=20030AB278597ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 2785 nakano assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- assembly 3rd reading ab2785 nakano by murray — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Nakano — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-09-14** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 505, Statutes of 2004.
- **2004-09-14** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2004-08-26** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2004-08-18** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2004-08-18** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 23. Noes 12. Page 5064.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-07-21** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-07-20** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **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`
- **2004-05-27** Referred to Standing Committee on Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **2004-05-18** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2004-05-17** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 2. Page 5734.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-05-10** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-05-06** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 19. Noes 1.) (May 5). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2004-04-16** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2004-04-15** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-04-14** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 12. Noes 1.) (April 12). `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, committee-passage`
- **2004-03-11** 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/28b326f2-7625-4cdf-a4c0-0a8203aa420f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).