---
type: "Bill"
title: "Motor carriers: drivers."
description: "Motor carriers: drivers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 1262"
citation: "California AB 1262 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Motor carriers: drivers."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Migden"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 23
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2001-02-23"
last_action: "2001-10-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a002fef5-2ab4-463e-8892-60afc1064726"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1262"
source_hash: "91e9e4a7e76c8270fcc2eaaacb4d45cd3fd3dbdf2bf3d8f70335d38edc3593ce"
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 1262 (20012002) — Motor carriers: drivers.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/23/01 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1262&version=20010AB126299INT)
2. **05/01/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1262&version=20010AB126298AMD)
3. **06/19/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1262&version=20010AB126297AMD)
4. **10/13/01 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1262&version=20010AB126295CHP)
5. **AB1262** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1262)
6. **08/30/01 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1262&version=20010AB126296ENR)

## Votes

- AB 1262 Migden Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB1262 Migden Dunn — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1262 Migden Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Migden — primary (person)
- Alquist — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-10-13** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 789, Statutes of 2001.
- **2001-10-12** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2001-09-06** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2001-08-30** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 49. Noes 20. Page 3277.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2001-08-28** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2001-08-27** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 23. Noes 11. Page 2439.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-08-22** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-08-21** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2001-07-11** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 11. Noes 3.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2001-06-21** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2001-06-19** 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. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-06-05** Referred to Standing Committee on Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **2001-05-29** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2001-05-29** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 45. Noes 23. Page 1869.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-05-25** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-05-24** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 5.) (May 23). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2001-05-03** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2001-05-01** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2001-04-30** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 11. Noes 4.) (April 23). `amendment-introduction, referral-committee, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2001-03-15** Referred to Standing Committee on Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **2001-02-26** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2001-02-25** From printer. May be heard in committee March 27.
- **2001-02-23** Introduced. To print. `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a002fef5-2ab4-463e-8892-60afc1064726`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).