Who sponsors SB 1218?

SB 1218 is sponsored by Seyarto, Kelly (Republican), Richardson, Laura (Democratic), Menjivar, Caroline (Democratic), Archuleta, Bob (Democratic), Bonta, and Arreguín, Jesse (Democratic).

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California 20252026 Regular Session Status: Passed Senate Bipartisan · 4 D · 1 R cosponsors

SB 1218 — Vehicle immobilization: illegal dumping violation penalties.

Last action August 25, 2026 — Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.

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In Committee
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Passed Senate
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Passed Assembly
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To Executive
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Enacted

This bill has passed the Senate. Introduced February 19, 2026. It now moves to the second chamber.

Next likely step: consideration and a floor vote in the Assembly.

Odds of enactment

Moderate chance

Based on the sponsor, cosponsors, and committee posture, this bill has a moderate chance of becoming law.

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Prognosis

Likely to advance 74% · high confidence

Passed Senate

Current position in the legislative process.
6 sponsors

1 primary, 5 co-sponsors signed on.
Bipartisan support

Sponsored across 2 parties (4 D · 1 R) — cross-party backing.
Cleared a recorded vote

Passed 9 recorded votes so far.

Based on stage, sponsorship breadth, committee status, recorded votes, and cross-state momentum — a description of the observable signals, not a prediction.

In plain language

The bill addresses penalties for illegal dumping by using vehicle immobilization.

This bill allows for the immobilization of vehicles involved in illegal dumping violations. It establishes penalties to deter such activities.

Summary

Vehicle immobilization: illegal dumping violation penalties.

Bill Text

Chaptered 09/20/26 - Chaptered html September 20, 2026
Enrolled 08/27/26 - Enrolled Current pdf August 27, 2026
Amended 08/17/26 - Amended Assembly html August 17, 2026
Amended 07/01/26 - Amended Assembly pdf July 01, 2026
Amended 05/14/26 - Amended Senate pdf May 14, 2026
Introduced 02/19/26 - Introduced pdf February 19, 2026
SB1218 View text html

Action History

August 25, 2026
Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
August 24, 2026
In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
August 24, 2026
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate.
August 17, 2026
Ordered to third reading.
August 17, 2026
Read third time and amended.
August 06, 2026
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
August 05, 2026
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (August 5).
July 01, 2026
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
June 30, 2026
From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (June 29).
June 08, 2026
Referred to Com. on TRANS.
May 20, 2026
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
May 20, 2026
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4378.) Ordered to the Assembly.
May 18, 2026
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
May 14, 2026
Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
May 14, 2026
From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 4269.) (May 14).
May 08, 2026
Set for hearing May 14.
April 27, 2026
April 27 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
April 17, 2026
Set for hearing April 27.
April 15, 2026
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 0. Page 3873.) (April 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
March 26, 2026
Set for hearing April 14.
March 04, 2026
Referred to Com. on TRANS.
February 20, 2026
From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 22.
February 19, 2026
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 5 co-sponsors · 116 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Arreguín, Jesse Democratic

Co-sponsors (5)

Seyarto, Kelly Republican
Richardson, Laura Democratic
Menjivar, Caroline Democratic
Archuleta, Bob Democratic
Bonta

Not signed on (116)

116 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

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Votes

Unfinished Business SB1218 Arreguín et al. Concurrence

August 25, 2026

Passed 40 Yea · 0 Nay

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Unaffiliated	6	0	0	0
Republican	9	0	0	0
Democratic	25	0	0	0
Total	40	0	0	0
% of votes cast	100%	0%	0%	0%

How each member voted (40)

Member	Party	Vote
Allen	—	Yea
Gonzalez	—	Yea
Ochoa Bogh	—	Yea
Pérez	—	Yea
Rubio	—	Yea
Weber Pierson	—	Yea
Archuleta, Bob	Democratic	Yea
Arreguín, Jesse	Democratic	Yea
Ashby, Angelique V.	Democratic	Yea
Becker, Josh	Democratic	Yea
Blakespear, Catherine S.	Democratic	Yea
Cabaldon, Christopher	Democratic	Yea
Caballero, Anna M.	Democratic	Yea
Cervantes, Sabrina	Democratic	Yea
Cortese, Dave	Democratic	Yea
Durazo, Maria Elena	Democratic	Yea
Grayson, Timothy S.	Democratic	Yea
Hurtado, Melissa	Democratic	Yea
Laird, John	Democratic	Yea
Limón, Monique	Democratic	Yea
McGuire, Mike	Democratic	Yea
McNerney, Jerry	Democratic	Yea
Menjivar, Caroline	Democratic	Yea
Padilla, Stephen C.	Democratic	Yea
Reyes, Eloise Gómez	Democratic	Yea
Richardson, Laura	Democratic	Yea
Smallwood-Cuevas, Lola	Democratic	Yea
Stern, Henry I.	Democratic	Yea
Umberg, Thomas J.	Democratic	Yea
Wahab, Aisha	Democratic	Yea
Wiener, Scott D.	Democratic	Yea
Alvarado-Gil, Marie	Republican	Yea
Choi, Steven S.	Republican	Yea
Dahle, Megan	Republican	Yea
Grove, Shannon	Republican	Yea
Jones, Brian W.	Republican	Yea
Niello, Roger W.	Republican	Yea
Seyarto, Kelly	Republican	Yea
Strickland, Tony	Republican	Yea
Valladares, Suzette Martinez	Republican	Yea

Official roll call →

SB 1218 Arreguín Senate Third Reading By Bonta

August 24, 2026

Passed 77 Yea · 0 Nay · 2 Other

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Republican	18	0	0	0
Democratic	52	0	0	2
Unaffiliated	7	0	0	0
Total	77	0	0	2
% of votes cast	97%	0%	0%	3%

How each member voted (79)

Member	Party	Vote
Patterson	—	Yea
Ávila Farías	—	Yea
Rivas	—	Yea
Carrillo	—	Yea
Fong	—	Yea
Garcia	—	Yea
Lowenthal	—	Yea
Addis, Dawn	Democratic	Yea
Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M.	Democratic	Yea
Ahrens, Patrick	Democratic	Yea
Alvarez, David	Democratic	Yea
Arambula, Joaquin	Democratic	Yea
Bains, Jasmeet	Democratic	Yea
Bauer-Kahan, Rebecca	Democratic	Yea
Bennett, Steve	Democratic	Yea
Berman, Marc	Democratic	Yea
Boerner, Tasha	Democratic	Yea
Bonta, Mia	Democratic	Yea
Bryan, Isaac G.	Democratic	Yea
Calderon, Lisa	Democratic	Yea
Caloza, Jessica	Democratic	Yea
Connolly, Damon	Democratic	Yea
Elhawary, Sade	Democratic	Yea
Gabriel, Jesse	Democratic	Yea
Gipson, Mike A.	Democratic	Yea
González, Mark	Democratic	Yea
Haney, Matt	Democratic	Yea
Harabedian, John	Democratic	Yea
Hart, Gregg	Democratic	Yea
Irwin, Jacqui	Democratic	Yea
Jackson, Corey A.	Democratic	Yea
Kalra, Ash	Democratic	Not Voting
Krell, Maggy	Democratic	Yea
Lee, Alex	Democratic	Yea
McKinnor, Tina	Democratic	Not Voting
Muratsuchi, Al	Democratic	Yea
Nguyen, Stephanie	Democratic	Yea
Ortega, Liz	Democratic	Yea
Pacheco, Blanca	Democratic	Yea
Papan, Diane	Democratic	Yea
Patel, Darshana R.	Democratic	Yea
Pellerin, Gail	Democratic	Yea
Petrie-Norris, Cottie	Democratic	Yea
Quirk-Silva, Sharon	Democratic	Yea
Ramos, James C.	Democratic	Yea
Ransom, Rhodesia	Democratic	Yea
Rodriguez, Celeste	Democratic	Yea
Rodriguez, Michelle	Democratic	Yea
Rogers, Chris	Democratic	Yea
Rubio, Blanca E.	Democratic	Yea
Schiavo, Pilar	Democratic	Yea
Schultz, Nick	Democratic	Yea
Sharp-Collins, LaShae	Democratic	Yea
Solache, Jr., José Luis	Democratic	Yea
Soria, Esmeralda	Democratic	Yea
Stefani, Catherine	Democratic	Yea
Valencia, Avelino	Democratic	Yea
Ward, Christopher M.	Democratic	Yea
Wicks, Buffy	Democratic	Yea
Wilson, Lori D.	Democratic	Yea
Zbur, Rick Chavez	Democratic	Yea
Alanis, Juan	Republican	Yea
Castillo, Leticia	Republican	Yea
Chen, Phillip	Republican	Yea
Davies, Laurie	Republican	Yea
DeMaio, Carl	Republican	Yea
Dixon, Diane	Republican	Yea
Ellis, Stan	Republican	Yea
Flora, Heath	Republican	Yea
Gonzalez, Jeff	Republican	Yea
Hadwick, Heather	Republican	Yea
Hoover, Josh	Republican	Yea
Johnson, Natasha	Republican	Yea
Lackey, Tom	Republican	Yea
Macedo, Alexandra	Republican	Yea
Sanchez, Kate	Republican	Yea
Ta, Tri	Republican	Yea
Tangipa, David J.	Republican	Yea
Wallis, Greg	Republican	Yea

Official roll call →

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Republican	4	0	0	0
Democratic	11	0	0	0
Total	15	0	0	0
% of votes cast	100%	0%	0%	0%

Member	Party	Vote
Arambula, Joaquin	Democratic	Yea
Calderon, Lisa	Democratic	Yea
Caloza, Jessica	Democratic	Yea
Fong, Mike	Democratic	Yea
González, Mark	Democratic	Yea
Krell, Maggy	Democratic	Yea
Pacheco, Blanca	Democratic	Yea
Pellerin, Gail	Democratic	Yea
Sharp-Collins, LaShae	Democratic	Yea
Solache, Jr., José Luis	Democratic	Yea
Wicks, Buffy	Democratic	Yea
Dixon, Diane	Republican	Yea
Hoover, Josh	Republican	Yea
Ta, Tri	Republican	Yea
Tangipa, David J.	Republican	Yea

Committee vote — Committee CX25 — Committee vote

August 05, 2026

Passed 15 Yea · 0 Nay

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Democratic	10	0	0	0
Republican	4	0	0	0
Unaffiliated	1	0	0	0
Total	15	0	0	0
% of votes cast	100%	0%	0%	0%

How each member voted (15)

Member	Party	Vote
Fong	—	Yea
Arambula, Joaquin	Democratic	Yea
Calderon, Lisa	Democratic	Yea
Caloza, Jessica	Democratic	Yea
González, Mark	Democratic	Yea
Krell, Maggy	Democratic	Yea
Pacheco, Blanca	Democratic	Yea
Pellerin, Gail	Democratic	Yea
Sharp-Collins, LaShae	Democratic	Yea
Solache, Jr., José Luis	Democratic	Yea
Wicks, Buffy	Democratic	Yea
Dixon, Diane	Republican	Yea
Hoover, Josh	Republican	Yea
Ta, Tri	Republican	Yea
Tangipa, David J.	Republican	Yea

Official roll call →

Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]

June 29, 2026

Passed 15 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Democratic	12	0	0	0
Republican	3	0	0	1
Total	15	0	0	1
% of votes cast	94%	0%	0%	6%

How each member voted (16)

Member	Party	Vote
Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M.	Democratic	Yea
Ahrens, Patrick	Democratic	Yea
Carrillo, Juan	Democratic	Yea
Harabedian, John	Democratic	Yea
Hart, Gregg	Democratic	Yea
Jackson, Corey A.	Democratic	Yea
Papan, Diane	Democratic	Yea
Ransom, Rhodesia	Democratic	Yea
Rogers, Chris	Democratic	Yea
Sharp-Collins, LaShae	Democratic	Yea
Ward, Christopher M.	Democratic	Yea
Wilson, Lori D.	Democratic	Yea
Davies, Laurie	Republican	Yea
Hoover, Josh	Republican	Yea
Lackey, Tom	Republican	Not Voting
Macedo, Alexandra	Republican	Yea

Official roll call →

3rd Reading SB1218 Arreguín et al.

May 20, 2026

Passed 37 Yea · 0 Nay · 3 Other

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Republican	9	0	0	1
Democratic	28	0	0	2
Total	37	0	0	3
% of votes cast	93%	0%	0%	8%

How each member voted (40)

Member	Party	Vote
Allen, Benjamin	Democratic	Yea
Archuleta, Bob	Democratic	Yea
Arreguín, Jesse	Democratic	Yea
Ashby, Angelique V.	Democratic	Yea
Becker, Josh	Democratic	Not Voting
Blakespear, Catherine S.	Democratic	Yea
Cabaldon, Christopher	Democratic	Yea
Caballero, Anna M.	Democratic	Yea
Cervantes, Sabrina	Democratic	Yea
Cortese, Dave	Democratic	Yea
Durazo, Maria Elena	Democratic	Yea
Gonzalez, Lena A.	Democratic	Not Voting
Grayson, Timothy S.	Democratic	Yea
Hurtado, Melissa	Democratic	Yea
Laird, John	Democratic	Yea
Limón, Monique	Democratic	Yea
McGuire, Mike	Democratic	Yea
McNerney, Jerry	Democratic	Yea
Menjivar, Caroline	Democratic	Yea
Padilla, Stephen C.	Democratic	Yea
Pérez, Sasha Renée	Democratic	Yea
Reyes, Eloise Gómez	Democratic	Yea
Richardson, Laura	Democratic	Yea
Rubio, Susan	Democratic	Yea
Smallwood-Cuevas, Lola	Democratic	Yea
Stern, Henry I.	Democratic	Yea
Umberg, Thomas J.	Democratic	Yea
Wahab, Aisha	Democratic	Yea
Weber Pierson, M.D., Akilah	Democratic	Yea
Wiener, Scott D.	Democratic	Yea
Alvarado-Gil, Marie	Republican	Yea
Choi, Steven S.	Republican	Yea
Dahle, Megan	Republican	Yea
Grove, Shannon	Republican	Not Voting
Jones, Brian W.	Republican	Yea
Niello, Roger W.	Republican	Yea
Ochoa Bogh, Rosilicie	Republican	Yea
Seyarto, Kelly	Republican	Yea
Strickland, Tony	Republican	Yea
Valladares, Suzette Martinez	Republican	Yea

Official roll call →

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Democratic	5	0	0	0
Republican	2	0	0	0
Total	7	0	0	0
% of votes cast	100%	0%	0%	0%

Member	Party	Vote
Cabaldon, Christopher	Democratic	Yea
Cervantes, Sabrina	Democratic	Yea
Grayson, Timothy S.	Democratic	Yea
Richardson, Laura	Democratic	Yea
Wahab, Aisha	Democratic	Yea
Dahle, Megan	Republican	Yea
Seyarto, Kelly	Republican	Yea

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Democratic	5	0	0	0
Republican	2	0	0	0
Total	7	0	0	0
% of votes cast	100%	0%	0%	0%

Member	Party	Vote
Cabaldon, Christopher	Democratic	Yea
Cervantes, Sabrina	Democratic	Yea
Grayson, Timothy S.	Democratic	Yea
Richardson, Laura	Democratic	Yea
Wahab, Aisha	Democratic	Yea
Dahle, Megan	Republican	Yea
Seyarto, Kelly	Republican	Yea

Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]

April 14, 2026

Passed 12 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Democratic	9	0	0	0
Republican	3	0	0	1
Total	12	0	0	1
% of votes cast	92%	0%	0%	8%

How each member voted (13)

Member	Party	Vote
Archuleta, Bob	Democratic	Yea
Arreguín, Jesse	Democratic	Yea
Blakespear, Catherine S.	Democratic	Yea
Cortese, Dave	Democratic	Yea
Gonzalez, Lena A.	Democratic	Yea
Grayson, Timothy S.	Democratic	Yea
Menjivar, Caroline	Democratic	Yea
Richardson, Laura	Democratic	Yea
Wiener, Scott D.	Democratic	Yea
Dahle, Megan	Republican	Yea
Seyarto, Kelly	Republican	Yea
Strickland, Tony	Republican	Yea
Valladares, Suzette Martinez	Republican	Not Voting

Official roll call →

Subjects

public-safety environment transportation

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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 1218 do?: Vehicle immobilization: illegal dumping violation penalties.
Who sponsors SB 1218?: SB 1218 is sponsored by Seyarto, Kelly (Republican), Richardson, Laura (Democratic), Menjivar, Caroline (Democratic), Archuleta, Bob (Democratic), Bonta, and Arreguín, Jesse (Democratic).
What is the current status of SB 1218?: This bill has passed the Senate. Introduced February 19, 2026. It now moves to the second chamber.
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At a glance

Identifier: SB 1218
Jurisdiction: California
Session: 20252026 Regular Session
Type: Bill
Introduced: February 19, 2026
Status: Passed Senate
Prime sponsor: Arreguín, Jesse

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