---
type: "Bill"
title: "Auto insurance: express warranties."
description: "Auto insurance: express warranties."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 2904"
citation: "California AB 2904 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Auto insurance: express warranties."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Benoit"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 16
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2004-02-20"
last_action: "2004-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aaec72fa-ab7d-47df-b2c7-ff7edd87d37a"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2904"
source_hash: "10b5b7a69b43d8b92db10ee843d9536b6bd1038e82e04c3bcf8e5b9e614b99b6"
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 2904 (20032004) — Auto insurance: express warranties.

## 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=200320040AB2904&version=20030AB290499INT)
2. **05/12/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2904&version=20030AB290498AMD)
3. **06/30/04 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2904&version=20030AB290496CHP)
4. **AB2904** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2904)
5. **06/24/04 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2904&version=20030AB290497ENR)

## Votes

- do pass as amended, to consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- special consent cale ab2904 benoit — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 2904 benoit consent calendar second day regular session — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Benoit — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-06-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 85, Statutes of 2004.
- **2004-06-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2004-06-28** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2004-06-24** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2004-06-24** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 4360.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-06-22** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-06-21** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2004-06-03** Referred to Standing Committee on Insurance. `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 5863.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-05-13** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-05-12** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-05-11** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. (May 5). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2004-04-01** Referred to Standing Committee on Insurance. `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/aaec72fa-ab7d-47df-b2c7-ff7edd87d37a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).