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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Special license plates: Purple Heart."
description: "Special license plates: Purple Heart."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 279"
citation: "California AB 279 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Special license plates: Purple Heart."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cohn"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2003-02-05"
last_action: "2004-07-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/703abf40-5931-4c3b-a40a-6b3a24b9cbcf"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB279"
source_hash: "22ef26bb6b63f3b4b8d62e541c1055c8037fc26a878056623903923058c4ccf2"
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 279 (20032004) — Special license plates: Purple Heart.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **02/05/03 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB279&version=20030AB27999INT)
2. **01/06/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB279&version=20030AB27998AMD)
3. **07/27/04 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB279&version=20030AB27996CHP)
4. **AB279** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB279)
5. **07/12/04 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB279&version=20030AB27997ENR)
## Votes
- do pass, to consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 279 cohn consent calendar second day regular session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- special consent cale ab279 cohn — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Cohn — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2004-07-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 201, Statutes of 2004.
- **2004-07-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2004-07-16** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2:45 p.m.
- **2004-07-15** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2004-07-12** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 4622.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-06-30** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-06-29** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2004-06-16** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2004-05-25** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2004-03-04** 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`
- **2004-01-14** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (January 13). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2004-01-07** Re-referred to Com. on V. A. `referral-committee`
- **2004-01-06** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on V. A. Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-02-18** Referred to V. A. and Standing Committee on Insurance. `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-06** From printer. May be heard in committee March 8.
- **2003-02-05** 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/703abf40-5931-4c3b-a40a-6b3a24b9cbcf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).