republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20032004/ab-1546.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Local governments: vehicle fee for congestion and stormwater management programs."
description: "Local governments: vehicle fee for congestion and stormwater management programs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 1546"
citation: "California AB 1546 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Local governments: vehicle fee for congestion and stormwater management programs."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Simitian"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 35
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2003-02-21"
last_action: "2004-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/19c8938f-d006-4dbd-8638-b468a5c59c91"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1546"
source_hash: "ca7d0b4cb8e050d6016f7d690f2c795b6666c1a0f856951f023896eb12391122"
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 1546 (20032004) — Local governments: vehicle fee for congestion and stormwater management programs.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/21/03 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1546&version=20030AB154699INT)
2. **04/22/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1546&version=20030AB154698AMD)
3. **06/24/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1546&version=20030AB154697AMD)
4. **07/22/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1546&version=20030AB154696AMD)
5. **08/09/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1546&version=20030AB154694AMD)
6. **08/18/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1546&version=20030AB154695AMD)
7. **09/30/04 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1546&version=20030AB154692CHP)
8. **AB1546** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1546)
9. **08/18/04 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1546&version=20030AB154693ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Rules. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 1546 simitian assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- do pass as amended and be re-referred to the committee on transportation. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 1546 simitian concurrence in senate amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- assembly 3rd reading ab1546 simitian by sher — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Simitian — primary (person)
- Mullin — coauthor (person)
- Yee — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 931, Statutes of 2004.
- **2004-09-29** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2004-08-27** Enrolled and to the Governor at 1:30 p.m.
- **2004-08-18** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 42. Noes 33. Page 7296.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2004-08-16** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 18 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2004-08-16** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 21. Noes 15. Page 4953.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-08-10** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-08-09** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-06-28** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-06-24** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 4. Noes 3.). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2004-06-09** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2004-06-03** Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Revenue and Taxation. `referral-committee`
- **2003-08-28** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2003-08-27** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice waived. (Page 2158.)
- **2003-08-25** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2003-08-18** Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules In committee: Hearing postponed by committee. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-07-22** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-07-21** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 4. Noes 1.). `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, committee-passage`
- **2003-07-15** Joint Rule 61 (a) suspended.
- **2003-07-10** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Revenue and Taxation. `referral-committee`
- **2003-07-09** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Rules Re-referred. (Ayes 8. Noes 4.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **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 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-06-12** Referred to Standing Committee on Transportation and Standing Committee on Rules. `referral-committee`
- **2003-06-03** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2003-06-02** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 41. Noes 34. Page 2078.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-05-29** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 7.) (May 28). Read second time. To third reading. `committee-passage-favorable, reading-2, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-05-15** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-29** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 11. Noes 7.) (April 28). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2003-04-23** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-22** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-04-21** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Transportation (Ayes 6. Noes 3.) (April 9). `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, committee-passage`
- **2003-03-10** Referred to Standing Committee on Local Government and 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/19c8938f-d006-4dbd-8638-b468a5c59c91`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).