---
type: "Bill"
title: "Statute of limitations."
description: "Existing law makes it a crime for the driver of a vehicle involved in an accident resulting in injury to a person other than himself or herself, or in the death of a person, to leave the scene of the accident. Existing law makes it a crime to drive a vehicle, with or without gross negligence, in the commission of an unlawful act not amounting to a felony, or in the commission of a lawful act that might produce death in an unlawful manner."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 184"
citation: "California AB 184 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Statute of limitations."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gatto"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 23
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2013-01-28"
last_action: "2013-10-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8a79d3ba-835b-4b11-894f-cac999f25afb"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB184"
source_hash: "d907a7610500795a3529a149b072f8ead8f2f0a04b42ee9fc02fab6572c45da3"
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 184 (20132014) — Statute of limitations.

Existing law makes it a crime for the driver of a vehicle involved in an accident resulting in injury to a person other than himself or herself, or in the death of a person, to leave the scene of the accident. Existing law makes it a crime to drive a vehicle, with or without gross negligence, in the commission of an unlawful act not amounting to a felony, or in the commission of a lawful act that might produce death in an unlawful manner.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/28/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB184&version=20130AB18499INT)
2. **05/24/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB184&version=20130AB18498AMD)
3. **09/03/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB184&version=20130AB18497AMD)
4. **10/12/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB184&version=20130AB18495CHP)
5. **AB184** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB184)
6. **09/16/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB184&version=20130AB18496ENR)

## Votes

- AB 184 GATTO Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 184 GATTO Assembly Third Reading — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB184 Gatto By Nielsen — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Gatto — primary (person)
- Achadjian — coauthor (person)
- Berryhill — coauthor (person)
- Cannella — coauthor (person)
- Fox — coauthor (person)
- Frazier — coauthor (person)
- Muratsuchi — coauthor (person)
- Nestande — coauthor (person)
- Nielsen — coauthor (person)
- Padilla — coauthor (person)
- Price — coauthor (person)
- Quirk-Silva — coauthor (person)
- Rendon — coauthor (person)
- Ting — coauthor (person)
- Wilk — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-01-28** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2013-01-29** From printer. May be heard in committee February 28.
- **2013-02-07** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-13** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (March 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-04-10** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-24** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 24). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2013-05-24** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-05-28** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-05-29** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1734.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-05-29** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2013-06-13** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2013-06-25** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-08-12** In committee: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2013-08-30** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 30). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2013-09-03** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-09-09** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 2235.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-09-09** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 11 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2013-09-10** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Ayes 53. Noes 25. Page 3064.)
- **2013-09-10** Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Ayes 53. Noes 25. Page 3064.)
- **2013-09-10** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 3090.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2013-09-19** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2013-10-12** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2013-10-12** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 765, Statutes of 2013.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8a79d3ba-835b-4b11-894f-cac999f25afb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).