---
type: "Bill"
title: "Vehicles: off-highway motor vehicles."
description: "(1) Existing law requires the operator of an off-highway motor vehicle to be able to reach and operate all controls necessary to safely operate the vehicle."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20092010"
identifier: "AB 134"
citation: "California AB 134 (20092010)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Vehicles: off-highway motor vehicles."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blakeslee"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 24
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2009-01-20"
last_action: "2009-10-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fe6e10cb-d367-49f4-826f-98237e15700a"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB134"
source_hash: "a00138a9d40a5ce344ba152d9ba52a9d4e92b082a25fe627ef9ea57303f26804"
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 134 (20092010) — Vehicles: off-highway motor vehicles.

(1) Existing law requires the operator of an off-highway motor vehicle to be able to reach and operate all controls necessary to safely operate the vehicle.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **01/20/09 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB134&version=20090AB13499INT)
2. **04/02/09 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB134&version=20090AB13498AMD)
3. **06/02/09 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB134&version=20090AB13497AMD)
4. **10/11/09 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB134&version=20090AB13495CHP)
5. **AB134** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB134)
6. **08/20/09 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB134&version=20090AB13496ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent #12 AB134 Blakeslee — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 134 BLAKESLEE Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 134 BLAKESLEE Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Blakeslee — primary (person)
- Gaines — coauthor (person)
- Gilmore — coauthor (person)
- Harkey — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2009-01-20** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2009-01-21** From printer. May be heard in committee February 20.
- **2009-02-26** Referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-02** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on TRANS. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2009-04-13** Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-14** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 13). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2009-04-23** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (April 22). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2009-04-27** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-05-04** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 1238.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2009-05-04** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2009-05-14** Referred to Com. on T. & H. `referral-committee`
- **2009-06-02** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on T. & H. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-1`
- **2009-06-10** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 9). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2009-06-29** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2009-06-30** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-07-02** Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
- **2009-07-09** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 1665.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2009-07-09** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 11 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2009-08-17** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2598.) `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-08-24** Enrolled and to the Governor at 1:30 p.m.
- **2009-09-08** Returned by the Governor at the request of the Assembly.
- **2009-09-17** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2009-10-11** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2009-10-11** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 414, Statutes of 2009.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fe6e10cb-d367-49f4-826f-98237e15700a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).