---
type: "Bill"
title: "Vehicles: motorcycles."
description: "Vehicles: motorcycles."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 2272"
citation: "California AB 2272 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Vehicles: motorcycles."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Fuentes"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 20
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2008-02-21"
last_action: "2008-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9837af5e-042d-40c5-bb2a-0ccd253f923f"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2272"
source_hash: "87397d9d36cc06a6b7a5363db167a5f5bfdaf2638c03283400b254ca1789ab2a"
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 2272 (20072008) — Vehicles: motorcycles.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/21/08 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2272&version=20070AB227299INT)
2. **09/30/08 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2272&version=20070AB227297CHP)
3. **AB2272** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2272)
4. **08/12/08 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2272&version=20070AB227298ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 2272 FUENTES Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB2272 Fuentes By Torlakson — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Fuentes — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2008-02-21** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2008-02-22** From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
- **2008-03-05** Referred to Standing Committee on Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **2008-04-08** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 7). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2008-04-16** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (April 16). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-04-17** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-04-21** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 4743.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-04-22** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2008-05-01** Referred to Standing Committee on Transportation and Housing. `referral-committee`
- **2008-06-11** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2008-06-23** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2008-06-24** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-07-07** To inactive file on motion of Senator Torlakson.
- **2008-08-05** From inactive file. To second reading.
- **2008-08-06** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-08-11** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 28. Noes 4. Page 4876.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-08-11** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2008-09-18** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2008-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2008-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 672, Statutes of 2008.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9837af5e-042d-40c5-bb2a-0ccd253f923f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).