republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20032004/ab-1238.md

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Bill	Vehicles: regulation.	Vehicles: regulation.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20032004	AB 1238	California AB 1238 (20032004)	bill	Vehicles: regulation.	enacted	Firebaugh	8	29	9	2003-02-21	2003-10-09	openstates	ocd-bill/939a8be3-d638-4a39-b374-79fbf5b34c71	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1238	f2345b009e7bede9350cc8fb5d58cdf435cebd86346044e3b3e6af1010641982	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 1238 (20032004) — Vehicles: regulation.

Version chain

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

1. 02/21/03 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/10/03 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 06/24/03 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 07/01/03 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/29/03 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 10/09/03 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
7. AB1238 (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/18/03 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — pass (pass) · upper
• ab 1238 firebaugh concurrence in senate amendments by oropeza — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — pass (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — pass (pass) · lower
• assembly 3rd reading ab1238 firebaugh by murray — pass (pass) · upper
• ab 1238 firebaugh assembly third reading — pass (pass) · lower
• senate amendments be concurred in. — pass (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Firebaugh — primary (person)
• Chesbro — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2003-10-09 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 729, Statutes of 2003.
• 2003-10-08 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2003-09-19 Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.
• 2003-09-10 Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 58. Noes 19. Page 3734.) committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2003-09-09 From committee: With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 12. Noes 1.) (September 9). committee-passage
• 2003-09-04 Re-referred to Standing Committee on Transportation pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. referral-committee
• 2003-09-03 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 5 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2003-09-03 Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 26. Noes 13. Page 2309.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2003-09-02 Read second time. To third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2003-08-29 Read third time, amended. To second reading. reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2003-08-20 Read second time. To third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2003-08-19 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 4.) (August 18). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2003-07-09 From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 9. Noes 3.). committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2003-07-01 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. referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1
• 2003-06-24 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2003-06-24 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. referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1
• 2003-05-29 Referred to Standing Committee on Transportation. referral-committee
• 2003-05-15 In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. reading-1
• 2003-05-15 Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 54. Noes 19. Page 1696.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2003-05-12 Read second time. To third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2003-05-08 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 18. Noes 3.) (May 7). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2003-04-22 From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 15. Noes 2.) (April 21). committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2003-04-21 Re-referred to Standing Committee on Transportation. referral-committee
• 2003-04-10 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Transportation Read second time and amended. referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1
• 2003-04-07 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2003-03-06 Referred to Standing Committee on Transportation. referral-committee
• 2003-02-24 Read first time. reading-1
• 2003-02-23 From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
• 2003-02-21 Introduced. To print. introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/939a8be3-d638-4a39-b374-79fbf5b34c71. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).