republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20032004/ab-2498.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Freeway service patrols."
description: "Freeway service patrols."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 2498"
citation: "California AB 2498 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Freeway service patrols."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Longville"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 24
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2004-02-19"
last_action: "2004-09-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/96dd69c7-2a4d-4e3c-a1ea-c74316f0d04a"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2498"
source_hash: "2cd524c84b27ab50d7131b8accf3a5ad0a90cd532df38eca4e3c7e73ffe37348"
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 2498 (20032004) — Freeway service patrols.

## 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=200320040AB2498&version=20030AB249899INT)
2. **03/22/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2498&version=20030AB249898AMD)
3. **04/12/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2498&version=20030AB249897AMD)
4. **06/22/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2498&version=20030AB249896AMD)
5. **09/21/04 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2498&version=20030AB249894CHP)
6. **AB2498** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2498)
7. **08/25/04 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2498&version=20030AB249895ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- placed on appropriations suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 2498 longville assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- assembly 3rd reading ab2498 longville by scott — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 2498 longville concurrence in senate amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Longville — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-09-21** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 638, Statutes of 2004.
- **2004-09-21** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2004-09-09** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2004-08-25** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 7721.) Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 63. Noes 14. Page 7770.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2004-08-24** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 26 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2004-08-24** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 25. Noes 11. Page 5270.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-08-17** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-08-16** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 4.) (August 12). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2004-08-04** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **2004-07-29** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2004-06-30** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 8. Noes 1.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2004-06-22** 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`
- **2004-06-09** Referred to Standing Committee on Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **2004-05-26** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2004-05-25** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 58. Noes 19. Page 5988.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-05-20** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 5.) (May 19). Read second time. To third reading. `committee-passage-favorable, reading-2, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-04-21** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2004-04-13** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 10. Noes 3.) (April 12). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2004-04-12** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Transportation Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Transportation. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-03-23** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **2004-03-22** 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/96dd69c7-2a4d-4e3c-a1ea-c74316f0d04a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).