republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20232024/ab-2453.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Weights and measures: electric vehicle supply equipment."
description: "Existing law provides that the Department of Food and Agriculture has general supervision of the weights and measures and weighing and measuring devices sold or used in the state, including devices used to measure electricity sold as a motor vehicle fuel. Existing law regulates the use and repair of weighing or measuring devices. Existing law authorizes a device to be placed in service only by a sealer or a service agency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "AB 2453"
citation: "California AB 2453 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Weights and measures", "electric vehicle supply equipment"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Villapudua"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 22
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-02-13"
last_action: "2024-09-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cd88d4a1-169f-436c-9012-d31983cf7bef"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2453"
source_hash: "376c5dfecdd4753bee8649047f87fdd190444d18e882abe8f426697ef5fa618f"
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 2453 (20232024) — Weights and measures: electric vehicle supply equipment.

Existing law provides that the Department of Food and Agriculture has general supervision of the weights and measures and weighing and measuring devices sold or used in the state, including devices used to measure electricity sold as a motor vehicle fuel. Existing law regulates the use and repair of weighing or measuring devices. Existing law authorizes a device to be placed in service only by a sealer or a service agency.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/13/24 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2453&version=20230AB245399INT)
2. **04/18/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2453&version=20230AB245398AMD)
3. **06/24/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2453&version=20230AB245397AMD)
4. **09/22/24 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2453&version=20230AB245395CHP)
5. **AB2453** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2453)
6. **09/05/24 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2453&version=20230AB245396ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **13–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 2453 Villapudua Consent Calendar Second Day — **71–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB2453 Villapudua By Becker — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 2453 Villapudua Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **76–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Villapudua — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-13** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2024-02-14** From printer. May be heard in committee March 15.
- **2024-03-04** Referred to Com. on P. & C.P. `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-01** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2024-04-18** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on P. & C.P. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-04-22** Re-referred to Com. on P. & C.P. `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-24** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2024-05-08** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 8). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-09** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-05-16** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 71. Noes 0.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-05-16** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2024-05-29** Referred to Com. on B., P. & E. D. `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-24** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E. D. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-07-01** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (July 1). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2024-08-05** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2024-08-06** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-08-30** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-08-31** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2024-08-31** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 76. Noes 0.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-09-13** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2024-09-22** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-09-22** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 399, Statutes of 2024. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cd88d4a1-169f-436c-9012-d31983cf7bef`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).