republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20032004/ab-1138.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Vehicles: license plates and placards: parking privileges: persons with disabilities."
description: "Vehicles: license plates and placards: parking privileges: persons with disabilities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 1138"
citation: "California AB 1138 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Vehicles: license plates and placards: parking privileges: persons with disabilities."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Frommer"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 29
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2003-02-21"
last_action: "2004-08-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/88931705-e18e-4792-909c-3dd9c1ade4c7"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1138"
source_hash: "db393d6effe273f10f1ce977554918c3b50c395e3a32e456c5f5b0359a031c17"
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 1138 (20032004) — Vehicles: license plates and placards: parking privileges: persons with disabilities.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/21/03 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1138&version=20030AB113899INT)
2. **01/05/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1138&version=20030AB113897AMD)
3. **01/14/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1138&version=20030AB113896AMD)
4. **05/12/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1138&version=20030AB113898AMD)
5. **07/14/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1138&version=20030AB113895AMD)
6. **08/30/04 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1138&version=20030AB113893CHP)
7. **AB1138** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1138)
8. **08/16/04 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1138&version=20030AB113894ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- special consent cale ab1138 frommer — **pass** (pass) · upper
- do pass, to consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 1138 frommer consent calendar second day regular session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 1138 frommer concurrence in senate amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Frommer — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-08-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 363, Statutes of 2004.
- **2004-08-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2004-08-19** Enrolled and to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2004-08-16** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 77. Noes 2. Page 7151.) `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 37. Noes 0. Page 4859.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-08-09** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-08-05** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2004-07-29** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2004-07-14** 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`
- **2004-06-16** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2004-05-25** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2004-03-15** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **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 4392.) `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 with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 17. 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`
- **2003-05-13** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-12** 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`
- **2003-04-02** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2003-03-18** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2003-03-06** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-24** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2003-02-23** From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
- **2003-02-21** Introduced. To print. `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/88931705-e18e-4792-909c-3dd9c1ade4c7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).