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+type: "Bill"
+title: "License plates: obstruction or alteration."
+description: "Existing law prohibits a person from erasing the reflective coating of, painting over the reflective coating of, or altering a license plate to avoid visual or electronic capture of the license plate or its characters by state or local law enforcement. A violation of this provision is an infraction."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
+legislature: "California Legislature"
+session: "20232024"
+identifier: "AB 2111"
+citation: "California AB 2111 (20232024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["License plates", "obstruction or alteration"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Wallis"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 17
+vote_count: 5
+first_action: "2024-02-05"
+last_action: "2024-07-02"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/237a9ff1-5c64-4eb8-ad5a-a8aa11e7bef0"
+source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2111"
+source_hash: "8b151b24b3d72b44bc5d6f66c283eb3e8148ccf98dc23dd26d48b08693a01676"
+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 2111 (20232024) — License plates: obstruction or alteration.
+
+Existing law prohibits a person from erasing the reflective coating of, painting over the reflective coating of, or altering a license plate to avoid visual or electronic capture of the license plate or its characters by state or local law enforcement. A violation of this provision is an infraction.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **02/05/24 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2111&version=20230AB211199INT)
+2. **07/02/24 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2111&version=20230AB211197CHP)
+3. **AB2111** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2111)
+4. **06/18/24 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2111&version=20230AB211198ENR)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **15–0** (pass) · lower
+- Consent Calendar 2nd — **37–0** (pass) · upper
+- AB 2111 Wallis Consent Calendar Second Day — **73–0** (pass) · lower
+- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **14–0** (pass) · lower
+- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **12–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Wallis — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-02-05** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
+- **2024-02-06** From printer. May be heard in committee March 7.
+- **2024-02-20** Referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee`
+- **2024-04-09** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
+- **2024-04-24** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 24). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-04-25** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
+- **2024-05-02** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 5087.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
+- **2024-05-02** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
+- **2024-05-15** Referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee`
+- **2024-05-29** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (May 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
+- **2024-06-10** From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2`
+- **2024-06-11** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
+- **2024-06-13** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4491.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
+- **2024-06-13** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
+- **2024-06-25** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
+- **2024-07-02** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
+- **2024-07-02** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 59, 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/237a9ff1-5c64-4eb8-ad5a-a8aa11e7bef0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
+