---
type: "Bill"
title: "Golf carts."
description: "Golf carts."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 963"
citation: "California AB 963 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Golf carts."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Adams"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 19
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2007-02-22"
last_action: "2008-04-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7d05e725-0752-4e00-8221-9f78b95595b9"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB963"
source_hash: "e03c89aa198efab84a69e2798ba57f45d28918e7963c21f78714650dc8577da5"
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 963 (20072008) — Golf carts.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/22/07 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB963&version=20070AB96399INT)
2. **03/03/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB963&version=20070AB96397AMD)
3. **04/15/08 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB963&version=20070AB96395CHP)
4. **12/13/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB963&version=20070AB96398AMD)
5. **AB963** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB963)
6. **04/02/08 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB963&version=20070AB96396ENR)

## Votes

- AB 963 ADAMS Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB963 Adams By Simitian — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 963 ADAMS Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Adams — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-02-22** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2007-02-23** From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
- **2007-12-13** Referred to Standing Committee on Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **2007-12-13** 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`
- **2008-01-07** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **2008-01-15** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (January 14). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-01-16** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-01-17** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 3750.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-01-17** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2008-01-24** Referred to Standing Committee on Transportation and Housing. `referral-committee`
- **2008-03-03** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Transportation and Housing. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2008-03-12** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-03-13** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-03-24** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 3151.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-03-25** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after March 27 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2008-04-01** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 4378.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2008-04-04** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2:50 p.m.
- **2008-04-15** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2008-04-15** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 6, Statutes of 2008.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7d05e725-0752-4e00-8221-9f78b95595b9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).