---
type: "Bill"
title: "Automotive products."
description: "Automotive products."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 2474"
citation: "California AB 2474 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Automotive products."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Simitian"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 23
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2002-02-21"
last_action: "2002-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/eedd26e7-8a99-42f5-88c3-d95df4190b63"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2474"
source_hash: "fe183e6dfcc4a93af190de0e96d8417b6008db9c9ce003729381007746c51b08"
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 2474 (20012002) — Automotive products.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/21/02 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2474&version=20010AB247499INT)
2. **04/15/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2474&version=20010AB247498AMD)
3. **05/14/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2474&version=20010AB247497AMD)
4. **06/25/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2474&version=20010AB247496AMD)
5. **08/22/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2474&version=20010AB247495AMD)
6. **09/27/02 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2474&version=20010AB247493CHP)
7. **AB2474** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2474)
8. **08/29/02 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2474&version=20010AB247494ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Judiciary. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 2474 Simitian Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB2474 Simitian By Kuehl — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 2474 Simitian Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Simitian — primary (person)
- Chan — author (person)
- Kuehl — principal coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 998, Statutes of 2002.
- **2002-09-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2002-09-13** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
- **2002-08-29** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 70. Noes 10. Page 8440.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2002-08-27** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 29 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2002-08-27** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 23. Noes 10. Page 5835.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-08-22** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 8. Noes 3.). Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-08-05** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **2002-06-25** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2002-06-24** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 4. Noes 1.). `amendment-introduction, referral-committee, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2002-06-11** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Judiciary Re-referred. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 11). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2002-05-29** Referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection and Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2002-05-21** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2002-05-20** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 64. Noes 9. Page 6220.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-05-15** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-05-14** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2002-05-13** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 18. Noes 2.) (May 8). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2002-04-24** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 8. Noes 1.) (April 23). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2002-04-16** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. `referral-committee`
- **2002-04-15** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection Read second time and amended. `reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-03-14** Referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. `referral-committee`
- **2002-02-22** From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
- **2002-02-21** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/eedd26e7-8a99-42f5-88c3-d95df4190b63`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).