republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20032004/ab-2353.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Neighborhood Electric Vehicles."
description: "Neighborhood Electric Vehicles."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 2353"
citation: "California AB 2353 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Neighborhood Electric Vehicles."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Leslie"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 26
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2004-02-19"
last_action: "2004-09-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/89ccdf80-d64d-43cb-8dc0-4d73372564d7"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2353"
source_hash: "880f0b070d8d2342f85fdf75afae5fa5996e6dbc04b986ec8d84a677aa25baeb"
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 2353 (20032004) — Neighborhood Electric Vehicles.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/19/04 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2353&version=20030AB235399INT)
2. **03/24/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2353&version=20030AB235398AMD)
3. **03/31/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2353&version=20030AB235397AMD)
4. **04/21/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2353&version=20030AB235396AMD)
5. **05/18/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2353&version=20030AB235395AMD)
6. **07/12/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2353&version=20030AB235394AMD)
7. **09/09/04 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2353&version=20030AB235392CHP)
8. **AB2353** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2353)
9. **08/16/04 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2353&version=20030AB235393ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- special consent cale ab2353 leslie by aanestad — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 2353 leslie assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 2353 leslie concurrence in senate amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Leslie — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-09-09** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 422, Statutes of 2004.
- **2004-09-09** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2004-08-20** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2:15 p.m.
- **2004-08-16** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 7156.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2004-08-10** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 12 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2004-08-10** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4860.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-08-09** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-08-05** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2004-07-29** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2004-07-12** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 11. Noes 0.). Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-05-27** Referred to Standing Committee on Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **2004-05-20** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2004-05-20** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 5859.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-05-19** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-05-18** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-05-17** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 20. Noes 0.) (May 12). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2004-04-22** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2004-04-21** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-04-20** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (April 12). `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, committee-passage`
- **2004-04-01** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **2004-03-31** 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`
- **2004-03-25** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Transportation (Corrected March 30. ). `referral-committee`
- **2004-03-24** 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`
- **2004-03-04** Referred to Standing Committee on Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **2004-02-20** From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
- **2004-02-19** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/89ccdf80-d64d-43cb-8dc0-4d73372564d7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).