republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20012002/ab-1618.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Engine fuels."
description: "Engine fuels."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 1618"
citation: "California AB 1618 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Engine fuels."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Matthews"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 27
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2001-02-23"
last_action: "2001-10-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/57146cfb-b38f-455d-bbe1-97aa1e459df5"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1618"
source_hash: "a271046ce2996b575747e2ef9cde2f06aeeaef28198dd9aa121b431589462137"
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 1618 (20012002) — Engine fuels.

## 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=200120020AB1618&version=20010AB161899INT)
2. **07/18/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1618&version=20010AB161898AMD)
3. **08/28/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1618&version=20010AB161897AMD)
4. **08/31/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1618&version=20010AB161896AMD)
5. **10/09/01 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1618&version=20010AB161894CHP)
6. **AB1618** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1618)
7. **09/13/01 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1618&version=20010AB161895ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Senate amendments be concurred in. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1618 Matthews Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB1618 Matthews By Costa — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1618 AGRI. Consent Calendar Second Day — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Matthews — primary (person)
- Cardoza — coauthor (person)
- Costa — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-10-09** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 596, Statutes of 2001.
- **2001-10-07** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2001-09-28** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
- **2001-09-13** Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 3870.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2001-09-12** From committee: With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (September 12). `committee-passage`
- **2001-09-10** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Transportation pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee`
- **2001-09-06** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 8 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
- **2001-09-06** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2620.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-09-05** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-09-04** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2001-08-31** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2001-08-30** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 9. Noes 0.). `amendment-introduction, referral-committee, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2001-08-28** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Transportation. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-08-21** Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **2001-08-20** Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules. `referral-committee`
- **2001-07-18** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on AGR. & WAT. RES. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-07-03** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2001-07-02** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author. Joint Rule 62(a), file notice waived. (Page 1783.)
- **2001-05-15** Referred to Com. on AGR. & WAT. RES. `referral-committee`
- **2001-05-03** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2001-05-03** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1415.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-04-30** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-04-26** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (April 25). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2001-03-21** Referred to Standing Committee on Agriculture. `referral-committee`
- **2001-02-26** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2001-02-25** From printer. May be heard in committee March 27.
- **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/57146cfb-b38f-455d-bbe1-97aa1e459df5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).