---
type: "Bill"
title: "Household goods carriers."
description: "Household goods carriers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 845"
citation: "California AB 845 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Household goods carriers."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Vargas"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 26
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2003-02-20"
last_action: "2003-10-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/db5147bd-6ddc-48c3-921d-7c9c110c125d"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB845"
source_hash: "e17b9454b1132af93e0f340eaa3c6b9fb5b090869ae5feb7d8e18122030a5195"
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 845 (20032004) — Household goods carriers.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/20/03 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB845&version=20030AB84599INT)
2. **03/24/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB845&version=20030AB84598AMD)
3. **04/21/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB845&version=20030AB84597AMD)
4. **07/03/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB845&version=20030AB84596AMD)
5. **07/14/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB845&version=20030AB84595AMD)
6. **08/21/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB845&version=20030AB84594AMD)
7. **10/01/03 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB845&version=20030AB84592CHP)
8. **AB845** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB845)
9. **09/02/03 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB845&version=20030AB84593ENR)

## Votes

- assembly 3rd reading ab845 vargas by bowen — **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
- ab 845 vargas concurrence in senate amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Rules. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 845 vargas assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Vargas — primary (person)
- Bowen — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-10-01** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 646, Statutes of 2003.
- **2003-10-01** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2003-09-15** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
- **2003-09-02** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 48. Noes 30. Page 3289.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2003-08-28** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2003-08-27** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 23. Noes 14. Page 2170.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-08-21** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-08-20** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 4.). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2003-07-15** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2003-07-14** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-07-10** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Rules (Ayes 5. Noes 1.). `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, committee-passage`
- **2003-07-03** 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`
- **2003-06-12** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-29** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2003-05-29** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 47. Noes 31. Page 1947.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-05-19** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-05-15** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 7.) (May 14). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2003-05-07** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2003-04-29** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 13. Noes 3.) (April 28). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2003-04-22** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-21** 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`
- **2003-03-25** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-24** 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`
- **2003-03-20** Referred to Standing Committee on Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-21** From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
- **2003-02-20** 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/db5147bd-6ddc-48c3-921d-7c9c110c125d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).