republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20032004/ab-2591.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Charter-party carriers: limousines."
description: "Charter-party carriers: limousines."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 2591"
citation: "California AB 2591 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Charter-party carriers: limousines."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Leno"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 27
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2004-02-20"
last_action: "2004-09-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/98a5877a-3d4b-443c-bb0d-fd6d8ea4995b"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2591"
source_hash: "37ff8534f95a9a98cb2c5a955bbf2927bf39dfdaf10742398d1ef3d708296679"
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 2591 (20032004) — Charter-party carriers: limousines.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/20/04 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2591&version=20030AB259199INT)
2. **05/05/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2591&version=20030AB259198AMD)
3. **05/17/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2591&version=20030AB259197AMD)
4. **06/28/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2591&version=20030AB259196AMD)
5. **07/07/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2591&version=20030AB259195AMD)
6. **09/20/04 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2591&version=20030AB259193CHP)
7. **AB2591** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2591)
8. **08/16/04 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2591&version=20030AB259194ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 2591 leno assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Public Safety. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- assembly 3rd reading ab2591 leno — **pass** (pass) · upper
- 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 Transportation. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 2591 leno concurrence in senate amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Leno — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-09-20** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 603, Statutes of 2004.
- **2004-09-20** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2004-08-24** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11 a.m.
- **2004-08-16** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 74. Noes 3. Page 7176.) `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 28. Noes 7. Page 4872.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-08-09** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-08-05** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2004-07-29** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2004-07-07** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-07-06** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 6. Noes 0.). `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, committee-passage`
- **2004-06-28** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Public Safety (Ayes 8. Noes 1.). Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-06-09** Referred to Standing Committee on Energy, Utilities and Communications and Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2004-05-27** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2004-05-26** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 1. Page 6095.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-05-24** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 5909.) From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 24). Read second time. To third reading. `committee-passage-favorable, reading-2, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-05-20** Assembly Rule 77.2 suspended. (Page 5808.)
- **2004-05-18** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations pursuant to Joint Rule 10.5. `referral-committee`
- **2004-05-17** Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-05-06** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-05-05** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-05-04** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 8. Noes 1.) (May 3). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2004-04-29** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Transportation Re-referred. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 28). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2004-04-21** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2004-03-18** Referred to Standing Committee on Local Government and Standing Committee on Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **2004-02-22** From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
- **2004-02-20** 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/98a5877a-3d4b-443c-bb0d-fd6d8ea4995b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).