republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20072008/ab-2403.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Department of Transportation: vehicle and equipment procurement."
description: "Department of Transportation: vehicle and equipment procurement."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 2403"
citation: "California AB 2403 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Department of Transportation: vehicle and equipment procurement."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Smyth"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 26
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2008-02-21"
last_action: "2008-09-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/473e9cc6-cc4d-4b46-bac2-9b94457bfc3b"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2403"
source_hash: "752d6f8099acf432eadf42bfee18bd1ed35e6d5f7f795749025354e756c403fb"
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 2403 (20072008) — Department of Transportation: vehicle and equipment procurement.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/21/08 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2403&version=20070AB240399INT)
2. **04/01/08 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2403&version=20070AB240398AMD)
3. **04/15/08 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2403&version=20070AB240397AMD)
4. **05/23/08 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2403&version=20070AB240396AMD)
5. **06/30/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2403&version=20070AB240395AMD)
6. **09/28/08 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2403&version=20070AB240393CHP)
7. **AB2403** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2403)
8. **08/21/08 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2403&version=20070AB240394ENR)

## Votes

- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB2403 Smyth By Maldonado — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 2403 SMYTH Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 2403 SMYTH Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Smyth — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2008-02-21** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2008-02-23** From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
- **2008-03-06** Referred to Standing Committee on Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **2008-04-01** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Transportation Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, referral-committee`
- **2008-04-03** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **2008-04-07** (Corrected April 7.)
- **2008-04-14** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 7). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2008-04-15** Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage`
- **2008-04-16** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2008-04-23** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2008-05-23** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 22). Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2008-05-27** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-05-28** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 5487.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-05-29** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2008-06-05** Referred to Standing Committee on Transportation and Housing. `referral-committee`
- **2008-06-26** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) . `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2008-06-30** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2008-07-14** Place on Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file.
- **2008-08-11** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 4.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-08-12** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-08-14** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 27. Noes 11. Page 5047.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-08-14** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 16 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2008-08-18** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 6599.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2008-09-17** Enrolled and to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2008-09-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2008-09-28** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 495, Statutes of 2008.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/473e9cc6-cc4d-4b46-bac2-9b94457bfc3b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).