republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20032004/ab-1697.md

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Bill	Vehicles: child passenger restraint system.	Vehicles: child passenger restraint system.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20032004	AB 1697	California AB 1697 (20032004)	bill	Vehicles: child passenger restraint system.	enacted	Pavley	6	22	7	2003-02-21	2003-09-25	openstates	ocd-bill/70210687-425c-4195-8c56-326a25413775	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1697	ac7a9c5a0a2c68fc9f07c783fe8a60e1160bbf5a479571528015e659deb9f79c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 1697 (20032004) — Vehicles: child passenger restraint system.

Version chain

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

1. 02/21/03 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 06/24/03 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 08/27/03 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 09/25/03 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
5. AB1697 (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/05/03 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• assembly 3rd reading ab1697 pavley by murray — pass (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · upper
• ab 1697 pavley assembly third reading — pass (pass) · lower
• ab 1697 pavley concurrence in senate amendments — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — pass (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Pavley — primary (person)
• Hancock — coauthor (person)
• Koretz — coauthor (person)
• Laird — coauthor (person)
• Leno — coauthor (person)
• Soto — coauthor (person)
• Steinberg — coauthor (person)
• Vargas — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2003-09-25 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 524, Statutes of 2003.
• 2003-09-24 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2003-09-16 Enrolled and to the Governor at 11 a.m.
• 2003-09-05 Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 59. Noes 19. Page 3452.) 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 14. 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
• 2003-07-16 Read second time. To third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2003-07-15 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 4.). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2003-07-02 From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 8. Noes 2.). 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. 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 62. Noes 12. Page 1698.) 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 19. Noes 4.) (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 17. Noes 0.) (April 21). committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2003-03-10 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/70210687-425c-4195-8c56-326a25413775. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).