California 2015-2016 Regular Session Status: To Executive

SB 249 — Vehicles: enhanced driver's license.

Last action — Last day to consider Governors veto pursuant to Joint Rule 58.5.

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

This bill died with 2015-2016 Regular Session. It reached “To Executive” 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

Existing law requires the Department of Motor Vehicles, upon proper application, to issue driver's licenses and identification cards. The federal Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative facilitates travel within the western hemisphere by authorizing the use of enhanced driver's licenses and identification cards meeting specified requirements as travel documents. This bill would authorize the Department of Motor Vehicles to enter into a memorandum of understanding with a federal agency for the purpose of facilitating travel within the western hemisphere pursuant to the federal Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative through the issuance of an enhanced driver's license, provisional license, or identification card. The bill would authorize the department to issue or renew, upon request, an enhanced driver's license, provisional license, or identification card for specified persons. The bill would require a person applying for the initial issuance or renewal of an enhanced driver's license, provisional license, or identification card to submit, under the penalty of perjury, additional proof of identity, residency, and citizenship that satisfies the requirements of the federal Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative. By expanding the scope of the crime of perjury, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The bill would require the department to provide a protective shield and to take other specified security measures for the enhanced driver's license, provisional license, or identification card. The bill would also require the department to submit an annual report to specified committees of the Legislature on the implementation of the enhanced driver's license, provisional license, and identification card. The bill would require a person applying for an enhanced driver's license, provisional license, or identification card to submit an additional application fee. The bill would require the department to set, by regulation, the application fee in an amount not to exceed the reasonable regulatory cost of issuing or renewing the license or identification card, or $55, whichever is less, and to provide specified information to the applicant. The bill would require the fees to be deposited into the Motor Vehicle Account. The bill would, upon appropriation by the Legislature, require those fees to be expended by the department in implementing the above provisions. The bill would prohibit specified information submitted by an applicant for an enhanced driver's license, provisional license, or identification card from being disclosed by the department, as specified. The bill would make all laws related to the privacy or security of a driver's license, provisional license, or identification document, or a similar document, or regulating the use, access or sharing of information, applicable to enhanced driver's licenses, provisional licenses, and identification cards. Existing constitutional provisions require that a statute that limits the right of access to the meetings of public bodies or the writings of public officials and agencies be adopted with findings demonstrating the interest protected by the limitation and the need for protecting that interest. This bill would make legislative findings to that effect. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Last day to consider Governors veto pursuant to Joint Rule 58.5.

  2. In Senate. Consideration of Governor's veto pending.

  3. Vetoed by the Governor.

  4. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:45 p.m.

  5. Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 38. Noes 1. Page 2770.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.

  6. In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.

  7. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 73. Noes 2. Page 3125.) Ordered to the Senate.

  8. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  9. Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.

  10. From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (September 8).

  11. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2.

  12. Ordered to third reading.

  13. Read third time and amended.

  14. Ordered to third reading.

  15. Action rescinded whereby the bill was read a third time, passed, and ordered to the Senate.

  16. In Assembly. Held at Desk.

  17. Ordered to the Assembly.

  18. In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.

  19. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 75. Noes 2. Page 2726.) Ordered to the Senate.

  20. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  21. Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.

  22. From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 27).

  23. August 19 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.

  24. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  25. From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (July 14).

  26. July 7 hearing postponed by committee.

  27. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (June 29). Re-referred to Com. on JUD.

  28. Referred to Coms. on TRANS. and JUD.

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

  30. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 36. Noes 3. Page 1198.) Ordered to the Assembly.

  31. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  32. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 1150.) (May 28).

  33. Set for hearing May 28.

  34. May 18 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.

  35. Set for hearing May 18.

  36. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  37. From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 728.) (April 21).

  38. Set for hearing April 21.

  39. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 11. Noes 0. Page 526.) (April 7). Re-referred to Com. on JUD.

  40. Set for hearing April 7.

  41. Referred to Coms. on T. & H. and JUD.

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

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

Sponsors

  • Hueso · Primary

Sponsorship breakdown

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

Sponsors (1)

  • Hueso

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (121)

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Votes

Unfinished Business (Supplemental File 2) SB249 Hueso Concurrence

Passed 38 Yea · 1 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 35101
Democratic 3000
Total 38101
% of votes cast 95%3%0%3%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
Anderson — Yea
Beall — Yea
Block — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Leno — Yea
Pan — Yea
Pavley — Yea
Vidak — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
Moorlach — Not Voting
Fuller — Yea
Galgiani — Yea
Glazer — Yea
Allen — Yea
Cannella — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
De León — Yea
Runner — Yea
Hancock — Yea
Bates — Yea
Hertzberg — Yea
Hill — Yea
Huff — Yea
Lara — Yea
Leyva — Yea
Liu — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
Monning — Yea
Morrell — Nay
Nielsen — Yea
Roth — Yea
Wolk — Yea
Hall — Yea
Beth Gaines — Yea
Bill Berryhill — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Jackson, Corey A. Democratic Yea
McGuire, Mike Democratic Yea
Nguyen, Stephanie Democratic Yea

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SB 249 Hueso Senate Third Reading By ALEJO

Passed 73 Yea · 2 Nay · 5 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 65204
Democratic 4000
Republican 4001
Total 73205
% of votes cast 91%3%0%6%
How each member voted (80)
Member Party Vote
Achadjian — Yea
Alejo — Yea
Baker — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Brough — Not Voting
Brown — Yea
Kim — Yea
Mathis — Yea
Melendez — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
Obernolte — Yea
Ridley-Thomas — Yea
Thurmond — Yea
Weber — Yea
Wood — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Salas — Yea
Chávez — Yea
Low — Yea
Mayes — Yea
Medina — Yea
Olsen — Yea
Perea — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Wagner — Yea
Bonilla — Yea
Gatto — Nay
Gomez — Yea
Gray — Yea
Gordon — Yea
Hadley — Yea
Lopez — Yea
Harper — Not Voting
Holden — Yea
Levine — Nay
Linder — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
Burke — Yea
Atkins — Yea
McCarty — Yea
Campos — Yea
Mullin — Yea
O'Donnell — Yea
Bigelow — Yea
Chang — Yea
Chau — Yea
Chiu — Yea
Chu — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Cooper — Yea
Dababneh — Yea
Daly — Yea
Dodd — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Steinorth — Yea
Ting — Yea
Waldron — Not Voting
Wilk — Yea
Williams — Not Voting
Frazier — Yea
Beth Gaines — Yea
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Jim Patterson — Yea
Lorena Gonzalez — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Roger Hernández — Yea
Travis Allen — Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Gipson, Mike A. Democratic Yea
Irwin, Jacqui Democratic Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Not Voting
Gallagher, James Republican Yea
Grove, Shannon Republican Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea
Lackey, Tom Republican Yea

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Do pass as amended.

Passed 10 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 9000
Republican 1000
Total 10000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (10)
Member Party Vote
Alejo — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
O'Donnell — Yea
Wagner — Yea
Chau — Yea
Chiu — Yea
Holden — Yea
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Yea

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SB 249 Hueso Senate Third Reading By FRAZIER

Passed 75 Yea · 2 Nay · 3 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 66203
Democratic 4000
Republican 5000
Total 75203
% of votes cast 94%3%0%4%
How each member voted (80)
Member Party Vote
Achadjian — Yea
Alejo — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Brough — Not Voting
Brown — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Kim — Yea
Low — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
Mathis — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
Olsen — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Ridley-Thomas — Yea
Thurmond — Yea
Waldron — Not Voting
Williams — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Cooper — Yea
Daly — Yea
Gatto — Nay
Chávez — Yea
Salas — Yea
Burke — Yea
Bonilla — Yea
Frazier — Yea
Gomez — Yea
Gordon — Yea
Gray — Yea
Hadley — Yea
Harper — Not Voting
Lopez — Yea
Holden — Yea
Levine — Nay
Linder — Yea
Mayes — Yea
McCarty — Yea
Campos — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Medina — Yea
Melendez — Yea
Mullin — Yea
Chang — Yea
Baker — Yea
Bigelow — Yea
Chau — Yea
Chiu — Yea
Chu — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Dababneh — Yea
Dodd — Yea
O'Donnell — Yea
Obernolte — Yea
Perea — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Steinorth — Yea
Ting — Yea
Wagner — Yea
Weber — Yea
Wilk — Yea
Wood — Yea
Beth Gaines — Yea
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Jim Patterson — Yea
Lorena Gonzalez — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Roger Hernández — Yea
Travis Allen — Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Gipson, Mike A. Democratic Yea
Irwin, Jacqui Democratic Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Yea
Grove, Shannon Republican Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea
Lackey, Tom Republican Yea

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Do pass as amended.

Passed 17 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 13000
Democratic 2000
Republican 2000
Total 17000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (17)
Member Party Vote
Bigelow — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Holden — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Wood — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Chang — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Wagner — Yea
Weber — Yea
Gomez — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea

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Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary]

Passed 15 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 15001
Total 15001
% of votes cast 94%0%0%6%
How each member voted (16)
Member Party Vote
Achadjian — Yea
Baker — Yea
O'Donnell — Yea
Daly — Yea
Frazier — Yea
Chu — Yea
Kim — Yea
Linder — Yea
Dodd — Yea
Medina — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Melendez — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
Campos — Not Voting
Gomez — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea

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3rd Reading

Passed 36 Yea · 3 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 33301
Democratic 3000
Total 36301
% of votes cast 90%8%0%3%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
Anderson — Nay
Bates — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Hertzberg — Yea
Hill — Yea
Leno — Yea
Liu — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
Moorlach — Nay
Nielsen — Not Voting
Pavley — Yea
Vidak — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
Galgiani — Yea
Glazer — Yea
Cannella — Yea
Allen — Yea
Lara — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
De León — Yea
Runner — Yea
Hall — Yea
Hancock — Yea
Beall — Yea
Block — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Huff — Yea
Leyva — Yea
Monning — Yea
Morrell — Nay
Roth — Yea
Pan — Yea
Wolk — Yea
Fuller — Yea
Beth Gaines — Yea
Bill Berryhill — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Jackson, Corey A. Democratic Yea
McGuire, Mike Democratic Yea
Nguyen, Stephanie Democratic Yea

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Do pass

Passed 7 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 7000
Total 7000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (7)
Member Party Vote
Bates — Yea
Leyva — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Hill — Yea
Lara — Yea
Beall — Yea

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Placed on suspense file

Passed 7 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 7000
Total 7000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (7)
Member Party Vote
Bates — Yea
Hill — Yea
Leyva — Yea
Lara — Yea
Beall — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
Nielsen — Yea

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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 249 do?
Existing law requires the Department of Motor Vehicles, upon proper application, to issue driver's licenses and identification cards. The federal Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative facilitates travel within the western hemisphere by authorizing the use of enhanced driver's licenses and identification cards meeting specified requirements as travel documents. This bill would authorize the Department of Motor Vehicles to enter into a memorandum of understanding with a federal agency for the purpose of facilitating travel within the western hemisphere pursuant to the federal Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative through the issuance of an enhanced driver's license, provisional license, or identification card. The bill would authorize the department to issue or renew, upon request, an enhanced driver's license, provisional license, or identification card for specified persons. The bill would require a person applying for the initial issuance or renewal of an enhanced driver's license, provisional license, or identification card to submit, under the penalty of perjury, additional proof of identity, residency, and citizenship that satisfies the requirements of the federal Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative. By expanding the scope of the crime of perjury, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The bill would require the department to provide a protective shield and to take other specified security measures for the enhanced driver's license, provisional license, or identification card. The bill would also require the department to submit an annual report to specified committees of the Legislature on the implementation of the enhanced driver's license, provisional license, and identification card. The bill would require a person applying for an enhanced driver's license, provisional license, or identification card to submit an additional application fee. The bill would require the department to set, by regulation, the application fee in an amount not to exceed the reasonable regulatory cost of issuing or renewing the license or identification card, or $55, whichever is less, and to provide specified information to the applicant. The bill would require the fees to be deposited into the Motor Vehicle Account. The bill would, upon appropriation by the Legislature, require those fees to be expended by the department in implementing the above provisions. The bill would prohibit specified information submitted by an applicant for an enhanced driver's license, provisional license, or identification card from being disclosed by the department, as specified. The bill would make all laws related to the privacy or security of a driver's license, provisional license, or identification document, or a similar document, or regulating the use, access or sharing of information, applicable to enhanced driver's licenses, provisional licenses, and identification cards. Existing constitutional provisions require that a statute that limits the right of access to the meetings of public bodies or the writings of public officials and agencies be adopted with findings demonstrating the interest protected by the limitation and the need for protecting that interest. This bill would make legislative findings to that effect. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.
Who sponsors SB 249?
SB 249 is sponsored by Hueso.
What is the current status of SB 249?
This bill died with 2015-2016 Regular Session. It reached “To Executive” 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 249?
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