republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20032004/ab-1555.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Motorized recreational vessels."
description: "Motorized recreational vessels."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 1555"
citation: "California AB 1555 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Motorized recreational vessels."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nakano"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 26
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2003-02-21"
last_action: "2003-09-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3477cb47-e29f-407c-bd84-281c258c8ccd"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1555"
source_hash: "18daf273cc6b3b09b7fadcd3e4ed4416f7e4a10969cd2f358e9ecc1bb25abf17"
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 1555 (20032004) — Motorized recreational vessels.

## 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=200320040AB1555&version=20030AB155599INT)
2. **04/21/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1555&version=20030AB155598AMD)
3. **06/24/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1555&version=20030AB155597AMD)
4. **07/08/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1555&version=20030AB155596AMD)
5. **08/18/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1555&version=20030AB155595AMD)
6. **08/27/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1555&version=20030AB155594AMD)
7. **09/24/03 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1555&version=20030AB155592CHP)
8. **AB1555** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1555)
9. **09/05/03 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1555&version=20030AB155593ENR)

## Votes

- assembly 3rd reading ab1555 nakano by kuehl — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 1555 nakano assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 1555 nakano concurrence in senate amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Nakano — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-09-24** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 496, Statutes of 2003.
- **2003-09-24** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2003-09-15** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2003-09-05** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 50. Noes 29. Page 3451.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2003-09-03** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 5 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2003-09-02** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 22. Noes 13. Page 2273.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-08-28** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-08-27** 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: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2003-08-18** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-07-08** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-07-07** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 8. Noes 2.). `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, 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. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-05-29** Referred to Standing Committee on Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-20** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2003-05-19** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 50. Noes 20. Page 1754.) `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 17. Noes 1.) (May 7). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2003-04-29** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (April 28). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2003-04-22** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-21** 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`
- **2003-03-20** 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3477cb47-e29f-407c-bd84-281c258c8ccd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).