---
type: "Bill"
title: "School pupil activity buses: passenger restraint systems."
description: "School pupil activity buses: passenger restraint systems."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 2681"
citation: "California AB 2681 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["School pupil activity buses: passenger restraint systems."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Maldonado"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2002-02-22"
last_action: "2002-09-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/15ada07c-1d98-4f7c-ad8b-6658db04583c"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2681"
source_hash: "d7e0d11ee7f519a61717ee3cbebbfea7ab66bec2ccc458abafe031418d3debe6"
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 2681 (20012002) — School pupil activity buses: passenger restraint systems.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/22/02 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2681&version=20010AB268199INT)
2. **04/17/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2681&version=20010AB268198AMD)
3. **09/04/02 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2681&version=20010AB268196CHP)
4. **AB2681** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2681)
5. **08/14/02 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2681&version=20010AB268197ENR)

## Votes

- AB 2681 Maldonado Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Education. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB2681 Maldonado By O'Connell — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Maldonado — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-09-04** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 360, Statutes of 2002.
- **2002-09-03** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2002-08-21** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2002-08-15** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2002-08-14** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 31. Noes 0. Page 5417.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-08-07** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-08-06** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (August 5). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2002-06-25** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2002-06-19** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 13. Noes 1.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2002-05-30** Referred to Standing Committee on Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **2002-05-24** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2002-05-23** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 6322.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-05-23** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 24. Noes 0.) (May 22). Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, committee-passage-favorable, reading-1, committee-passage`
- **2002-04-25** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 24). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2002-04-23** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2002-04-17** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2002-04-16** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Education (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (April 8). `amendment-introduction, referral-committee, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2002-03-14** Referred to Standing Committee on Transportation and Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2002-02-25** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2002-02-24** From printer. May be heard in committee March 26.
- **2002-02-22** 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/15ada07c-1d98-4f7c-ad8b-6658db04583c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).