---
type: "Bill"
title: "Service contracts: automobile insurance."
description: "Service contracts: automobile insurance."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 984"
citation: "California AB 984 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Service contracts: automobile insurance."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Vargas"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 33
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2003-02-20"
last_action: "2003-09-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6c2226fa-56ad-44eb-94ca-768fb5b5969c"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB984"
source_hash: "009aa5c7bbe20a7534a7e60fd5f28aa799fb8bcba24304f8284528d5d1553781"
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 984 (20032004) — Service contracts: automobile insurance.

## 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=200320040AB984&version=20030AB98499INT)
2. **04/02/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB984&version=20030AB98498AMD)
3. **04/30/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB984&version=20030AB98497AMD)
4. **05/19/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB984&version=20030AB98496AMD)
5. **06/02/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB984&version=20030AB98495AMD)
6. **06/23/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB984&version=20030AB98494AMD)
7. **07/16/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB984&version=20030AB98493AMD)
8. **08/29/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB984&version=20030AB98492AMD)
9. **09/22/03 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB984&version=20030AB98490CHP)
10. **AB984** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB984)
11. **09/05/03 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB984&version=20030AB98491ENR)

## Votes

- assembly 3rd reading ab984 vargas by scott — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 984 vargas concurrence in senate amendments by chan — **pass** (pass) · lower
- do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 984 vargas assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- do pass, but re-refer to the committee on business and professions. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Business and Professions. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Vargas — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-09-22** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 439, Statutes of 2003.
- **2003-09-20** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2003-09-17** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11 a.m.
- **2003-09-05** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 78. Noes 1. Page 3462.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2003-09-03** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 5 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2003-09-03** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 4. Page 2309.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-09-02** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-08-29** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-08-20** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-08-19** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2003-07-17** Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2003-07-16** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-07-10** Joint Rule 61(a)(9) suspended. (Page 1731.)
- **2003-07-03** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection Re-referred. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2003-07-02** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2003-06-23** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Insurance. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-06-19** Referred to Standing Committee on Insurance and Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. `referral-committee`
- **2003-06-05** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2003-06-04** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 2. Page 2211.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-06-03** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-06-02** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 20. Noes 5.) (May 21). Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-05-20** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-19** 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`
- **2003-05-06** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (May 6). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2003-05-01** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection Joint Rule 61(a)(2) suspended. (Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection) (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1379). `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-30** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection Read second time and amended. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-04-29** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2003-04-09** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection Re-referred. (Ayes 11. Noes 2.) (April 9). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2003-04-03** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Insurance. `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-02** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Insurance Read second time and amended. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-03-24** Referred to Standing Committee on Insurance and Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-23** From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
- **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/6c2226fa-56ad-44eb-94ca-768fb5b5969c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).