---
type: "Bill"
title: "Vehicles: nonrepairable vehicle certificates."
description: "Vehicles: nonrepairable vehicle certificates."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 2273"
citation: "California AB 2273 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Vehicles: nonrepairable vehicle certificates."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Fuentes"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2008-02-21"
last_action: "2008-07-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/410574e7-dd5c-400c-99fa-445fa595b77c"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2273"
source_hash: "1f144e2467ecb6229e3ae2c107be6d6694c827cefeb23633236b2d1729481591"
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 2273 (20072008) — Vehicles: nonrepairable vehicle certificates.

## 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=200720080AB2273&version=20070AB227399INT)
2. **07/10/08 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2273&version=20070AB227397CHP)
3. **AB2273** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2273)
4. **06/27/08 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2273&version=20070AB227398ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent #30 AB2273 Fuentes — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 2273 FUENTES Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## 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 with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (April 7). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2008-04-16** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (April 16). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-04-17** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-04-24** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 68. Noes 0. Page 4843.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-04-24** 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 and Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2008-06-11** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2008-06-12** Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2008-06-16** Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `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`
- **2008-06-26** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 4459.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-06-26** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2008-07-01** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
- **2008-07-10** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2008-07-10** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 97, Statutes of 2008.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/410574e7-dd5c-400c-99fa-445fa595b77c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).