republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20012002/ab-1280.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Commercial motor vehicles."
description: "Commercial motor vehicles."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 1280"
citation: "California AB 1280 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Commercial motor vehicles."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Reyes"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 23
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2001-02-23"
last_action: "2001-10-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1c73c9f4-b6df-42fe-bcf0-16ee1de7b1f4"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1280"
source_hash: "d658a027312c8f13ae153ddd98218b72072ee986ee12fb5dbaf1dbc3eede30ab"
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 1280 (20012002) — Commercial motor vehicles.

## 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=200120020AB1280&version=20010AB128099INT)
2. **04/05/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1280&version=20010AB128098AMD)
3. **05/14/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1280&version=20010AB128097AMD)
4. **06/21/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1280&version=20010AB128096AMD)
5. **10/04/01 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1280&version=20010AB128094CHP)
6. **AB1280** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1280)
7. **09/12/01 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1280&version=20010AB128095ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1280 Reyes Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1280 Reyes Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB1280 Reyes By Polanco — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Reyes — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-10-04** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 504, Statutes of 2001.
- **2001-10-04** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2001-09-27** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11 a.m.
- **2001-09-12** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 72. Noes 5. Page 3765.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2001-09-10** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 12 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2001-09-10** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 23. Noes 13. Page 2732.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-09-06** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 2.). Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, committee-passage-favorable, reading-1, committee-passage`
- **2001-07-02** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2001-06-21** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2001-06-20** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 10. Noes 2.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2001-05-31** Referred to Standing Committee on Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **2001-05-17** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2001-05-17** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 58. Noes 8. Page 1669.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-05-15** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-05-14** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2001-05-10** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 9). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2001-04-24** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 12. Noes 2.) (April 23). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2001-04-16** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-05** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Transportation Read second time and amended. `reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-03-22** Referred to Standing Committee on Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **2001-02-27** From printer. May be heard in committee March 29.
- **2001-02-26** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **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/1c73c9f4-b6df-42fe-bcf0-16ee1de7b1f4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).