---
type: "Bill"
title: "Vehicles: taxicabs."
description: "Vehicles: taxicabs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 2693"
citation: "California AB 2693 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Vehicles: taxicabs."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Karnette"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2008-02-22"
last_action: "2008-06-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4fd1356a-b0a9-4776-84f7-f8dbefbf10ad"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2693"
source_hash: "f35ea355fc0915bdacea00c72e0bab99f4c5c325be52a156e36f95f236f4d537"
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 2693 (20072008) — Vehicles: taxicabs.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/22/08 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2693&version=20070AB269399INT)
2. **06/06/08 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2693&version=20070AB269397CHP)
3. **AB2693** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2693)
4. **05/23/08 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2693&version=20070AB269398ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be placed on the Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 2693 KARNETTE Consent Calendar Second Day — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar 2nd AB2693 Karnette — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Karnette — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2008-02-22** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2008-02-24** From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
- **2008-02-25** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2008-03-13** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2008-04-01** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (April 1). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-04-02** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-04-07** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 4505.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-04-07** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2008-04-24** Referred to Standing Committee on Transportation and Housing. `referral-committee`
- **2008-05-14** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-05-15** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-05-22** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 3865.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-05-22** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2008-05-28** Enrolled and to the Governor at 10:45 a.m.
- **2008-06-06** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2008-06-06** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 26, Statutes of 2008.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4fd1356a-b0a9-4776-84f7-f8dbefbf10ad`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).