California 2011-2012 Regular Session Status: Enacted

SB 94 — Vehicle License Fee Law: vehicle registration.

Last action — Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 21, Statutes of 2011.

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  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed Senate
  4. ✓
    Passed Assembly
  5. ✓
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 10, 2011. Enacted.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 70% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

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  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 1 sponsor

    1 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 5 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

(1) Existing law establishes fees for original and renewal registration of vehicles to be collected by the Department of Motor Vehicles. Existing law requires the department, with a specified exception, to notify the registered owner of each vehicle of the date that registration renewal fees for the vehicle are due, at least 60 days prior to that due date, and to indicate the fact that the required notice was mailed by a notation in the department's records. This bill would, commencing on May 1, 2011, and operative until January 1, 2012, require that the department's time period for notification that vehicle registration renewal fees are due does not apply to vehicles with registration expiring on or after July 1, 2011. (2) Existing law prohibits a person from driving, moving, or leaving standing upon a highway, or in an offstreet public parking facility, any motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer, pole or pipe dolly, or logging dolly, unless it is registered and the appropriate fees have been paid under the Vehicle Code or registered under the permanent trailer identification program, except as specified. This bill would require, beginning July 1, 2011, and operative until January 1, 2012, that enforcement of the above-specified provisions commence on the first day of the 2nd month following the month of expiration of the vehicle's registration. (3) Existing law requires that the renewal of registration for a vehicle that is either currently registered or for which a specified certification is filed be obtained not more than 75 days prior to the expiration of the current registration or certification. This bill would, notwithstanding any other law, commencing on the date of its enactment and operative until January 1, 2012, instead apply the above-specified requirement only to the renewal of registration for any vehicle that expires on or before June 30, 2011, and would require that the renewal of registration for a vehicle that expires on or after July 1, 2011, or for which a specified certification is filed, may not be obtained until the expiration of the current registration or certification or until the department has issued a notice of renewal, whichever occurs first. (4) Existing law requires that if an application for a registration transaction is filed with the Department of Motor Vehicles during the 30 days immediately preceding the date of expiration of registration of the vehicle, the application be accompanied by the full renewal fees for the ensuing registration year in addition to any other fees that are due and payable. This bill would provide that, until January 1, 2012, the above-specified provisions should not apply if the expiration of the registration occurs on or after July 1, 2011. (5) Existing law requires that a penalty be added on any application for renewal of registration made later than midnight of the date of expiration or on or after the date penalties become due and requires that the penalties and any fee be computed pursuant to a specified formula and that the penalties be collected with the fee. This bill would require, commencing on July 1, 2011, and operative until January 1, 2012, that a penalty not be added if an application for renewal of registration, or an application for renewal of special license plates, is made within 30 days after midnight of the expiration date of the registration or the special plates. (6) This bill would appropriate $1,000 from the General Fund to the Department of Motor Vehicles for administrative operations. (7) The California Constitution authorizes the Governor to declare a fiscal emergency and to call the Legislature into special session for that purpose. Governor Schwarzenegger issued a proclamation declaring a fiscal emergency, and calling a special session for this purpose, on December 6, 2010. Governor Brown issued a proclamation on January 20, 2011, declaring and reaffirming that a fiscal emergency exists and stating that his proclamation supersedes the earlier proclamation for purpose of that constitutional provision. This bill would state that it addresses the fiscal emergency declared and reaffirmed by the Governor by proclamation issued on January 20, 2011, pursuant to the California Constitution. (8) This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as a bill providing for appropriations related to the Budget Bill.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 21, Statutes of 2011.

  2. Approved by the Governor.

  3. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11 a.m.

  4. Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 23. Noes 15. Page 806.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.

  5. From committee: That the Assembly amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 9. Noes 4. Page 807.)

  6. From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on B. & F.R. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 780.) Re-referred to Com. on B. & F.R.

  7. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10.

  8. In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.

  9. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 52. Noes 22. Page 1126.) Ordered to the Senate.

  10. Consent granted to take up without reference to file.

  11. Withdrawn from committee.

  12. Assembly Rule 96(b) suspended. (Ayes 45. Noes 24. Page 1119.)

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

  14. Referred to Com. on BUDGET.

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

  16. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 22. Noes 2. Page 170.) Ordered to the Assembly.

  17. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  18. Ordered to second reading.

  19. Withdrawn from committee.

  20. Referred to Com. on RLS.

  21. From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 10.

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

Sponsors

  • Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review · Primary

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 121 not signed on · 5 voted No

Sponsors (1)

  • Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (121)

121 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

From committee: That the Assembly Amendments be concurred in.

Passed 9 Yea · 4 Nay · 3 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 9403
Total 9403
% of votes cast 56%25%0%19%
How each member voted (16)
Member Party Vote
Hancock — Yea
Evans — Yea
Lowenthal — Yea
Rubio — Not Voting
Anderson — Not Voting
Leno — Yea
Simitian — Not Voting
Wolk — Yea
Wright — Yea
Alquist — Yea
Huff — Nay
Liu — Yea
Emmerson — Nay
DeSaulnier — Yea
Fuller — Nay
La Malfa — Nay

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Do pass.

Passed 9 Yea · 4 Nay · 3 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 9403
Total 9403
% of votes cast 56%25%0%19%
How each member voted (16)
Member Party Vote
Lowenthal — Yea
Rubio — Not Voting
Hancock — Yea
Huff — Nay
Alquist — Yea
Leno — Yea
Simitian — Not Voting
Wolk — Yea
Wright — Yea
Anderson — Not Voting
Liu — Yea
Emmerson — Nay
Evans — Yea
DeSaulnier — Yea
Fuller — Nay
La Malfa — Nay

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#76 SB94 Committee on B. & F.R. (Leno) Concurrence

Passed 23 Yea · 15 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 211402
Democratic 2000
Republican 0100
Total 231502
% of votes cast 58%38%0%5%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
Yee — Not Voting
Wyland — Nay
Cannella — Nay
Evans — Yea
Fuller — Nay
Lowenthal — Yea
De León — Yea
Hancock — Yea
Negrete McLeod — Yea
Rubio — Yea
Corbett — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Huff — Nay
Runner — Nay
Dutton — Nay
Lieu — Yea
Liu — Yea
Pavley — Yea
Price — Yea
Simitian — Yea
Walters — Nay
Wolk — Yea
Alquist — Yea
Anderson — Nay
Blakeslee — Nay
Harman — Nay
Kehoe — Yea
Leno — Yea
Steinberg — Yea
Vargas — Yea
Wright — Yea
Emmerson — Nay
Correa — Nay
DeSaulnier — Yea
Beth Gaines — Nay
Bill Berryhill — Not Voting
La Malfa — Nay
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Padilla, Stephen C. Democratic Yea
Strickland, Tony Republican Nay

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SB 94 B. & F. R. Senate Third Reading By BLUMENFIELD

Passed 52 Yea · 22 Nay · 5 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 0200
Unaffiliated 492005
Democratic 3000
Total 522205
% of votes cast 66%28%0%6%
How each member voted (79)
Member Party Vote
Butler — Yea
Furutani — Yea
Galgiani — Yea
Gatto — Yea
Gordon — Yea
Hall — Yea
Carter — Yea
Portantino — Yea
Hayashi — Yea
Cedillo — Yea
Chesbro — Yea
John A. Pérez — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
Huber — Yea
Davis — Yea
Dickinson — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Huffman — Yea
Beall — Yea
Block — Yea
Blumenfield — Yea
Ma — Yea
Perea — Yea
Skinner — Yea
Swanson — Yea
Torres — Yea
Williams — Yea
Bonilla — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Lara — Yea
Monning — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
Yamada — Yea
Campos — Yea
Solorio — Yea
Gorell — Not Voting
Hagman — Nay
Halderman — Nay
Harkey — Nay
Fletcher — Not Voting
Jeffries — Nay
Conway — Nay
Donnelly — Nay
Knight — Nay
Logue — Nay
Miller — Nay
Morrell — Nay
Nielsen — Nay
Norby — Nay
Silva — Nay
Valadao — Nay
Wagner — Nay
Achadjian — Nay
Alejo — Yea
Ammiano — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Brownley — Yea
Buchanan — Yea
Hill — Yea
Mansoor — Nay
Mendoza — Yea
Nestande — Nay
Olsen — Not Voting
Pan — Yea
Smyth — Not Voting
Cook — Nay
Eng — Yea
Feuer — Yea
Fuentes — Yea
Garrick — Nay
Bill Berryhill — Not Voting
Bonnie Lowenthal — Yea
Roger Hernández — Yea
V. Manuel Pérez — Yea
Allen, Benjamin Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Fong, Mike Democratic Yea
Grove, Shannon Republican Nay
Jones, Brian W. Republican Nay

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3rd Reading SB94 Committee on B. & F.R.

Passed 22 Yea · 2 Nay · 14 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 202013
Democratic 2000
Republican 0001
Total 222014
% of votes cast 58%5%0%37%
How each member voted (38)
Member Party Vote
Yee — Yea
Cannella — Not Voting
Evans — Yea
Lowenthal — Yea
De León — Yea
Negrete McLeod — Yea
Fuller — Not Voting
Rubio — Yea
Corbett — Yea
Hancock — Yea
Harman — Not Voting
Dutton — Not Voting
Blakeslee — Not Voting
Huff — Not Voting
Kehoe — Yea
Leno — Yea
Liu — Yea
Pavley — Not Voting
Simitian — Yea
Steinberg — Yea
Vargas — Yea
Walters — Not Voting
Wright — Yea
Alquist — Yea
Anderson — Nay
Hernandez — Yea
Price — Not Voting
Wolk — Yea
Wyland — Nay
Emmerson — Not Voting
Correa — Yea
DeSaulnier — Yea
Beth Gaines — Not Voting
Bill Berryhill — Not Voting
La Malfa — Not Voting
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Padilla, Stephen C. Democratic Yea
Strickland, Tony Republican Not Voting

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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 94 do?
(1) Existing law establishes fees for original and renewal registration of vehicles to be collected by the Department of Motor Vehicles. Existing law requires the department, with a specified exception, to notify the registered owner of each vehicle of the date that registration renewal fees for the vehicle are due, at least 60 days prior to that due date, and to indicate the fact that the required notice was mailed by a notation in the department's records. This bill would, commencing on May 1, 2011, and operative until January 1, 2012, require that the department's time period for notification that vehicle registration renewal fees are due does not apply to vehicles with registration expiring on or after July 1, 2011. (2) Existing law prohibits a person from driving, moving, or leaving standing upon a highway, or in an offstreet public parking facility, any motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer, pole or pipe dolly, or logging dolly, unless it is registered and the appropriate fees have been paid under the Vehicle Code or registered under the permanent trailer identification program, except as specified. This bill would require, beginning July 1, 2011, and operative until January 1, 2012, that enforcement of the above-specified provisions commence on the first day of the 2nd month following the month of expiration of the vehicle's registration. (3) Existing law requires that the renewal of registration for a vehicle that is either currently registered or for which a specified certification is filed be obtained not more than 75 days prior to the expiration of the current registration or certification. This bill would, notwithstanding any other law, commencing on the date of its enactment and operative until January 1, 2012, instead apply the above-specified requirement only to the renewal of registration for any vehicle that expires on or before June 30, 2011, and would require that the renewal of registration for a vehicle that expires on or after July 1, 2011, or for which a specified certification is filed, may not be obtained until the expiration of the current registration or certification or until the department has issued a notice of renewal, whichever occurs first. (4) Existing law requires that if an application for a registration transaction is filed with the Department of Motor Vehicles during the 30 days immediately preceding the date of expiration of registration of the vehicle, the application be accompanied by the full renewal fees for the ensuing registration year in addition to any other fees that are due and payable. This bill would provide that, until January 1, 2012, the above-specified provisions should not apply if the expiration of the registration occurs on or after July 1, 2011. (5) Existing law requires that a penalty be added on any application for renewal of registration made later than midnight of the date of expiration or on or after the date penalties become due and requires that the penalties and any fee be computed pursuant to a specified formula and that the penalties be collected with the fee. This bill would require, commencing on July 1, 2011, and operative until January 1, 2012, that a penalty not be added if an application for renewal of registration, or an application for renewal of special license plates, is made within 30 days after midnight of the expiration date of the registration or the special plates. (6) This bill would appropriate $1,000 from the General Fund to the Department of Motor Vehicles for administrative operations. (7) The California Constitution authorizes the Governor to declare a fiscal emergency and to call the Legislature into special session for that purpose. Governor Schwarzenegger issued a proclamation declaring a fiscal emergency, and calling a special session for this purpose, on December 6, 2010. Governor Brown issued a proclamation on January 20, 2011, declaring and reaffirming that a fiscal emergency exists and stating that his proclamation supersedes the earlier proclamation for purpose of that constitutional provision. This bill would state that it addresses the fiscal emergency declared and reaffirmed by the Governor by proclamation issued on January 20, 2011, pursuant to the California Constitution. (8) This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as a bill providing for appropriations related to the Budget Bill.
Who sponsors SB 94?
SB 94 is sponsored by Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review.
What is the current status of SB 94?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 10, 2011. Enacted.
Where can I track SB 94?
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