California 2011-2012 Regular Session Status: Passed Senate

SB 899 — Vehicles: license plates: 8-letter license plates.

Last action — Re-referred to Com. on RLS.

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    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. 3
    Passed Senate
  4. 4
    Passed Assembly
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill died with 2011-2012 Regular Session. It reached “Passed Senate” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

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Summary

(1) Existing law requires the Department of Motor Vehicles, upon registering a vehicle, to issue to the owner two partially or fully reflectorized license plates or devices for a motor vehicle and requires that the number and letter characters on the plates have a minimum height of 2 34 inches, a minimum width of 1 14 inches, and a minimum spacing of characters of 516 of an inch. This bill would instead require that the number and letter characters on the license plates have a minimum width of 1316 inches, and a minimum spacing of characters of 14 of an inch. (2) Existing law authorizes the Department of Motor Vehicles to issue or renew environmental license plates and other specialized license plates to provide revenue for the California Environmental License Plate Fund, the Specialized License Plate Fund, and other specified license plate funds or accounts that indicate on the plates, among other design criteria, the combination of letters or numbers, or both, requested as a registration number by the applicant, to be displayed on the applicant's vehicle in lieu of regular license plates. Existing law requires that the department not establish a specialized license plate program for an agency, as defined, until the department has received 7,500 applications. Existing law also establishes procedures for the cancellation, transfer, or retention of the license plates and for the charging of additional fees. This bill would establish a specialized license plate program to be known as the "8-letter license plate" program for the support of the Natural and Agricultural Open Space and State Recreational Support Fund which would be created in the State Treasury. The bill would require that all revenue derived from the fees, after deducting the department's administrative costs, be deposited in the fund for specified purposes that include, among other things, subventions for open-space land programs, assistance to California fairs, and support of programs administered by the Department of Parks and Recreation.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Re-referred to Com. on RLS.

  2. From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on AGRI.

  3. Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.

  4. Referred to Coms. on AGRI. and B., P. & C.P.

  5. In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.

  6. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1284.) Ordered to the Assembly.

  7. Ordered to special consent calendar.

  8. Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading.

  9. From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 8. Noes 0. Page 1123.) (May 26).

  10. Set for hearing May 26.

  11. Placed on APPR. suspense file.

  12. From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  13. Set for hearing May 23.

  14. Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.

  15. Set for hearing May 16.

  16. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 846.) (May 3). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  17. Set for hearing May 3.

  18. Re-referred to Com. on AGRI.

  19. From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS.

  20. Referred to Com. on RLS.

  21. From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 22.

  22. Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 121 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (121)

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Votes

Special Consent #4 SB899 La Malfa

Passed 39 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 36001
Republican 1000
Democratic 2000
Total 39001
% of votes cast 98%0%0%3%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
Yee — Yea
Wyland — Yea
Cannella — Yea
Fuller — Yea
Runner — Not Voting
Leno — Yea
Corbett — Yea
Dutton — Yea
Hancock — Yea
Harman — Yea
Lowenthal — Yea
De León — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Negrete McLeod — Yea
Rubio — Yea
Anderson — Yea
Blakeslee — Yea
Huff — Yea
Liu — Yea
Price — Yea
Simitian — Yea
Vargas — Yea
Wolk — Yea
Alquist — Yea
Kehoe — Yea
Lieu — Yea
Pavley — Yea
Steinberg — Yea
Walters — Yea
Wright — Yea
Emmerson — Yea
Correa — Yea
Evans — Yea
DeSaulnier — Yea
Beth Gaines — Yea
Bill Berryhill — Yea
La Malfa — Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Padilla, Stephen C. Democratic Yea
Strickland, Tony Republican Yea

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Do pass as amended.

Passed 8 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 8001
Total 8001
% of votes cast 89%0%0%11%
How each member voted (9)
Member Party Vote
Runner — Yea
Lieu — Yea
Steinberg — Yea
Walters — Yea
Alquist — Yea
Kehoe — Yea
Pavley — Yea
Price — Yea
Emmerson — Not Voting

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Placed on Appropriations Suspense file.

Passed 9 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 9000
Total 9000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (9)
Member Party Vote
Runner — Yea
Pavley — Yea
Walters — Yea
Alquist — Yea
Kehoe — Yea
Lieu — Yea
Price — Yea
Steinberg — Yea
Emmerson — Yea

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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 899 do?
(1) Existing law requires the Department of Motor Vehicles, upon registering a vehicle, to issue to the owner two partially or fully reflectorized license plates or devices for a motor vehicle and requires that the number and letter characters on the plates have a minimum height of 2 34 inches, a minimum width of 1 14 inches, and a minimum spacing of characters of 516 of an inch. This bill would instead require that the number and letter characters on the license plates have a minimum width of 1316 inches, and a minimum spacing of characters of 14 of an inch. (2) Existing law authorizes the Department of Motor Vehicles to issue or renew environmental license plates and other specialized license plates to provide revenue for the California Environmental License Plate Fund, the Specialized License Plate Fund, and other specified license plate funds or accounts that indicate on the plates, among other design criteria, the combination of letters or numbers, or both, requested as a registration number by the applicant, to be displayed on the applicant's vehicle in lieu of regular license plates. Existing law requires that the department not establish a specialized license plate program for an agency, as defined, until the department has received 7,500 applications. Existing law also establishes procedures for the cancellation, transfer, or retention of the license plates and for the charging of additional fees. This bill would establish a specialized license plate program to be known as the "8-letter license plate" program for the support of the Natural and Agricultural Open Space and State Recreational Support Fund which would be created in the State Treasury. The bill would require that all revenue derived from the fees, after deducting the department's administrative costs, be deposited in the fund for specified purposes that include, among other things, subventions for open-space land programs, assistance to California fairs, and support of programs administered by the Department of Parks and Recreation.
Who sponsors SB 899?
SB 899 is sponsored by La Malfa.
What is the current status of SB 899?
This bill died with 2011-2012 Regular Session. It reached “Passed Senate” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
Where can I track SB 899?
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