republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20032004/ab-340.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Vehicles: official traffic control signals: interruptive devices."
description: "Vehicles: official traffic control signals: interruptive devices."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 340"
citation: "California AB 340 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Vehicles: official traffic control signals: interruptive devices."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Frommer"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 31
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2003-02-11"
last_action: "2004-08-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c7094352-c6df-48a5-b990-4283dab0b44f"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB340"
source_hash: "9993acd3cda597a5fb8a7f32831f41a126c8f7dd14526cc9d372383a18f04293"
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 340 (20032004) — Vehicles: official traffic control signals: interruptive devices.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/11/03 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB340&version=20030AB34099INT)
2. **01/05/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB340&version=20030AB34097AMD)
3. **01/14/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB340&version=20030AB34096AMD)
4. **04/22/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB340&version=20030AB34098AMD)
5. **05/24/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB340&version=20030AB34095AMD)
6. **07/06/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB340&version=20030AB34093AMD)
7. **08/30/04 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB340&version=20030AB34091CHP)
8. **AB340** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB340)
9. **08/12/04 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB340&version=20030AB34092ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- do pass, to consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- special consent cale ab340 frommer — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 340 frommer concurrence in senate amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 340 frommer consent calendar second day regular session — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Frommer — primary (person)
- Bates — coauthor (person)
- Benoit — coauthor (person)
- Bowen — coauthor (person)
- Chavez — coauthor (person)
- Cohn — author (person)
- Jackson — coauthor (person)
- Koretz — coauthor (person)
- Mullin — coauthor (person)
- Oropeza — coauthor (person)
- Pacheco — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-08-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 338, Statutes of 2004.
- **2004-08-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2004-08-17** Enrolled and to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2004-08-12** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 7063.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2004-08-05** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 7 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2004-07-29** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 4727.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-07-14** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-07-13** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2004-07-07** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2004-07-06** 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`
- **2004-06-23** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-06-22** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.). `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, committee-passage`
- **2004-05-25** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2004-05-24** 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`
- **2004-02-17** Referred to Standing Committee on Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **2004-01-29** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2004-01-29** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 4391.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-01-22** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (January 21). Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `committee-passage-favorable, reading-2, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-01-15** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2004-01-14** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Read second time and amended. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-01-13** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 19. Noes 0.) (January 12). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2004-01-05** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Public Safety Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety Re-referred to Standing Committee on Transportation by unanimous consent. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-04-29** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2003-04-23** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-22** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Public Safety Read second time and amended. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-04-08** In committee: Set, second hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2003-04-02** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2003-03-18** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2003-02-18** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-12** From printer. May be heard in committee March 14.
- **2003-02-11** 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/c7094352-c6df-48a5-b990-4283dab0b44f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).