---
type: "Bill"
title: "Highways: safety enhancement-double fine zones."
description: "Highways: safety enhancement-double fine zones."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 398"
citation: "California AB 398 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Highways: safety enhancement-double fine zones."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Salinas"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 25
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2001-02-20"
last_action: "2001-10-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bd23894a-71df-40c6-81ed-bb2408d8118a"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB398"
source_hash: "711a276b3e0e171f9e303ba7997a0f4e58cc8a639142954a4c2c4630d9bd4d4d"
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 398 (20012002) — Highways: safety enhancement-double fine zones.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/20/01 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB398&version=20010AB39899INT)
2. **04/16/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB398&version=20010AB39898AMD)
3. **05/07/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB398&version=20010AB39897AMD)
4. **06/26/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB398&version=20010AB39896AMD)
5. **08/30/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB398&version=20010AB39895AMD)
6. **10/04/01 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB398&version=20010AB39893CHP)
7. **AB398** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB398)
8. **09/10/01 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB398&version=20010AB39894ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 398 Salinas Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Public Safety. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 398 Salinas Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB398 Salinas By Scott — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Salinas — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-10-04** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 481, Statutes of 2001.
- **2001-10-03** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2001-09-24** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2001-09-10** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 78. Noes 1. Page 3591.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2001-09-06** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 8 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2001-09-06** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 23. Noes 9.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-08-31** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-08-30** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, 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 4. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2001-06-26** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2001-06-25** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Public Safety (Ayes 11. Noes 2.). `amendment-introduction, referral-committee, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2001-05-21** Referred to Standing Committee on Transportation and Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2001-05-10** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2001-05-10** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 70. Noes 0. Page 1544.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-05-08** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-05-07** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2001-05-03** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 21. Noes 0.) (May 2). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2001-04-17** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-16** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2001-04-05** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 2). `amendment-introduction, referral-committee, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2001-03-05** Referred to Standing Committee on Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **2001-02-21** From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
- **2001-02-20** 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/bd23894a-71df-40c6-81ed-bb2408d8118a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).