---
type: "Bill"
title: "Neighborhood electric vehicles."
description: "Neighborhood electric vehicles."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 2963"
citation: "California AB 2963 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Neighborhood electric vehicles."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gaines"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 22
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2008-02-22"
last_action: "2008-07-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0494d385-a6e9-426e-b1a2-8067316a0294"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2963"
source_hash: "3552f5c36eba7a0532404458ffedbc0553fa93251305423ee2c6c158033096c3"
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 2963 (20072008) — Neighborhood electric vehicles.

## 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=200720080AB2963&version=20070AB296399INT)
2. **04/03/08 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2963&version=20070AB296398AMD)
3. **04/22/08 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2963&version=20070AB296397AMD)
4. **07/22/08 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2963&version=20070AB296395CHP)
5. **AB2963** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2963)
6. **07/07/08 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2963&version=20070AB296396ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent #32 AB2963 Gaines — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 2963 GAINES Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gaines — 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`
- **2008-04-03** Referred to Standing Committee on Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **2008-04-03** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Transportation Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, referral-committee`
- **2008-04-07** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **2008-04-21** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 14). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2008-04-22** Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage`
- **2008-04-23** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2008-05-08** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 7). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-05-12** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-05-15** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 5166.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-05-15** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2008-05-22** Referred to Standing Committee on Transportation and Housing. `referral-committee`
- **2008-06-18** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2008-06-30** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2008-07-01** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-07-03** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4641.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-07-03** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2008-07-10** Enrolled and to the Governor at 10 a.m.
- **2008-07-22** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2008-07-22** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 199, Statutes of 2008.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0494d385-a6e9-426e-b1a2-8067316a0294`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).