---
type: "Bill"
title: "Vehicles: registration."
description: "Vehicles: registration."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 1621"
citation: "California AB 1621 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Vehicles: registration."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cardenas"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 27
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2001-02-23"
last_action: "2001-10-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c7c4ebc1-94a3-423a-ac4c-729bf5a2ca85"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1621"
source_hash: "912c3f9d3f4b7457dd77f397ce7075654abbe58a7fc3abb1f0d194252c7a9416"
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 1621 (20012002) — Vehicles: registration.

## 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=200120020AB1621&version=20010AB162199INT)
2. **04/17/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1621&version=20010AB162198AMD)
3. **09/10/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1621&version=20010AB162197AMD)
4. **10/14/01 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1621&version=20010AB162195CHP)
5. **AB1621** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1621)
6. **09/14/01 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1621&version=20010AB162196ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB1621 Cardenas By Murray — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1621 Cardenas Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1621 Cardenas Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cardenas — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-10-14** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 868, Statutes of 2001.
- **2001-10-13** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2001-10-01** Enrolled and to the Governor at 10:30 a.m.
- **2001-09-14** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 3969.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2001-09-13** From Special Consent Calendar. To unfinished business file.
- **2001-09-12** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 14 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
- **2001-09-12** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2810.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-09-10** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.). Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-09-06** In committee: Held under submission.
- **2001-08-21** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **2001-07-11** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2001-06-12** Referred to Standing Committee on Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **2001-06-05** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2001-06-04** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2013.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-05-31** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 21. Noes 0.) (May 31). Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, committee-passage-favorable, reading-1, committee-passage`
- **2001-05-29** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice waived. (Page 1856.)
- **2001-05-16** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2001-05-01** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 30). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2001-04-30** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice waived. (Page 1298.)
- **2001-04-26** Joint Rule 61(a)(2) suspended. (Page 1246.)
- **2001-04-23** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Transportation by unanimous consent. `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-19** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Revenue and Taxation. `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-17** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Revenue and Taxation. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-04-16** Referred to Standing Committee on Revenue and Taxation. and 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/c7c4ebc1-94a3-423a-ac4c-729bf5a2ca85`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).