republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20032004/ab-626.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Vehicles: 15-passenger vans."
description: "Vehicles: 15-passenger vans."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 626"
citation: "California AB 626 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Vehicles: 15-passenger vans."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Liu"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 28
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2003-02-19"
last_action: "2003-09-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dcb82d5e-82ec-48e1-999b-82e6d462a5c6"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB626"
source_hash: "350c09da3427a706e00af2b7e93a940c54c0997e42b47550caf7ca982f6e1999"
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 626 (20032004) — Vehicles: 15-passenger vans.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/19/03 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB626&version=20030AB62699INT)
2. **03/27/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB626&version=20030AB62698AMD)
3. **06/02/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB626&version=20030AB62697AMD)
4. **06/25/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB626&version=20030AB62696AMD)
5. **07/16/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB626&version=20030AB62695AMD)
6. **08/18/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB626&version=20030AB62694AMD)
7. **08/20/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB626&version=20030AB62693AMD)
8. **09/04/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB626&version=20030AB62692AMD)
9. **09/29/03 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB626&version=20030AB62690CHP)
10. **AB626** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB626)
11. **09/11/03 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB626&version=20030AB62691ENR)

## Votes

- ab 626 liu assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- placed on appropriations suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- assembly 3rd reading ab626 liu by murray — **pass** (pass) · upper
- do pass, but re-refer to the committee on education. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 626 liu concurrence in senate amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Liu — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-09-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 559, Statutes of 2003.
- **2003-09-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2003-09-22** Enrolled and to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2003-09-11** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 52. Noes 27. Page 3803.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2003-09-10** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 22. Noes 15. Page 2472.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-09-04** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-09-03** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 5.). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2003-08-20** 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 In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-08-19** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 2047.)
- **2003-08-18** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2003-08-18** 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`
- **2003-07-16** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-07-15** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 9. Noes 3.). `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, committee-passage`
- **2003-07-09** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Education Re-referred. (Ayes 9. Noes 3.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2003-06-25** 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 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-06-24** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2003-06-19** Referred to Standing Committee on Transportation and Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2003-06-05** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2003-06-04** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 41. Noes 32. Page 2248.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-06-03** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-06-02** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 18. Noes 5.) (May 28). Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-04-30** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-08** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 11. Noes 5.) (April 7). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2003-03-28** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-27** 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`
- **2003-02-27** Referred to Standing Committee on Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-20** From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
- **2003-02-19** 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/dcb82d5e-82ec-48e1-999b-82e6d462a5c6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).